reprisal

Reviving prize law could be complemented by Congress’s issuing letters of marque and reprisal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

It is reprisal and revenge against a group that had the temerity to oppose hate wherever it originates.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

However, Kani played Sam in the play’s 1983 South African premiere, adding an extra layer of meaning to his Geffen reprisal of the role.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

After having lived through decades of war in their own country, and having escaped the possibility of reprisal and persecution there, the Afghan evacuees are now caught in another nightmare.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

The only ways in which I felt that my feelings could go outward without fear of rude rebuff or searing reprisal was in writing or reading, and to me they were ways of living.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

But similar reprisals against high-level officials close to the Kremlin could backfire and arouse even more elite discontent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Many of the women have not used their real names because they fear reprisals.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

County prosecutors who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Cubans who once feared government reprisals now criticize the country's leaders and have taken to banging pots and pans in regular nighttime protests.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Although many more residents wanted to support Thorpe, they feared reprisals by the vindictive Oldham.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson