[rɪˈprʌɪzl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of retaliation
(e.g: three youths died in the reprisals which followed)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French reprisaille, from medieval Latin reprisalia (neuter plural), based on Latin repraehens- ‘seized’, from the verb repraehendere (see reprehend). The current sense dates from the early 18th century