Thesaurus results for REPRISAL(S)

reprisals

noun

plural of reprisal

as in reparation

payment to another for a loss or injury a peace agreement that was rejected because it contained no provisions for reprisals

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Recent Examples of reprisals On two separate occasions earlier in March, Rick Nicholson brushed the chest of two female players while attempting to swat away insects, according to the parents of three players who spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns that their daughters might face reprisals. —

Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026 Her return to Venezuela would be combustible—Rodríguez has already threatened reprisals—but potentially transformative. —

Boris Muñoz, Time, 3 Apr. 2026 With him was 35-year-old Hani, a technically minded cousin who spearheaded the effort to understand how the abduction took place, and who gave only his first name to avoid reprisals. —

Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026 Beijing, which regards the self-governing island as part of its territory, has since stepped up diplomatic and trade reprisals against Japan. —

ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, the movie’s villains — played by recognizable faces, among them Heather Graham and Tom Felton — get pretty much zero by way of personality, or even superficial nastiness, making Asia’s reprisals a whole lot less entertaining. —

Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 Barzani’s movement collapsed within weeks, and Iraqi forces launched reprisals that displaced hundreds of thousands of Kurdish civilians. —

John Calabrese, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2026 The witness spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. —

Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026 On the Facebook post, commenters hinted that the reason may be fear of reprisals from area gangs. —

Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026

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The fees would act as a kind of war reparations, says Ghiselli, while allowing Iran to institutionalize its management of the shipping route.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
The city currently collects a 3% Cannabis Retailers Occupation Tax on recreational cannabis sales to use as revenue for reparations, in addition to funding from Evanston’s real estate transfer tax.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026