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
Yet few are willing to speak publicly, worried about reprisals.
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Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Ideological skirmishes over the motives and obligations of Carpenter’s music include both sincere interrogation of its feminism and smirking counteractive reprisals to that scrutiny.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
The researcher, who completed the analysis with phone forensics tool Corellium, asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals by Russian intelligence agencies.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The doctor spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations from their organization to avoid reprisals from Israeli authorities.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
Riz Ahmed’s Ash is the relay mastermind who will barter the deal, keep Sarah alive from reprisals and handle the sizable cash payment.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
The fear of reprisals has firms making strategic decisions to forgo any kind of legal challenge to his methods.
—Josh Feldman, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
Reports of summary executions and sectarian reprisals were limited, perhaps due, in part, to the way much of the Syrian army ceded territory without a fight.
—Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Eventually the family decided to leave the country, fearing government reprisals.
—Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Ideological skirmishes over the motives and obligations of Carpenter’s music include both sincere interrogation of its feminism and smirking counteractive reprisals to that scrutiny.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
The researcher, who completed the analysis with phone forensics tool Corellium, asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals by Russian intelligence agencies.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The doctor spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations from their organization to avoid reprisals from Israeli authorities.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
Riz Ahmed’s Ash is the relay mastermind who will barter the deal, keep Sarah alive from reprisals and handle the sizable cash payment.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
The fear of reprisals has firms making strategic decisions to forgo any kind of legal challenge to his methods.
—Josh Feldman, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
Reports of summary executions and sectarian reprisals were limited, perhaps due, in part, to the way much of the Syrian army ceded territory without a fight.
—Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Eventually the family decided to leave the country, fearing government reprisals.
—Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprisals
Noun
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Is there anything to fear in the way Shillingford describes what reparations for Black and Indigenous people looks like to her?—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Its first-ever color feature, In the Shadow of Honor, which was going to be filmed in Indonesia, was canceled due to disagreements between the two countries related to colonial war reparations.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The case, part of an ongoing lawfare effort in which local governments have been recruited to serve as plaintiffs, sought to hold the companies liable for damages the island suffered as a result of Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico in 2017.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The family is seeking $50 million in damages.—
Veronica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Reprisals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprisals. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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