reprisal

The act or an instance of retaliating for a loss or injury.

The act or practice of forcibly seizing an enemy’s goods or citizens in retaliation for a loss or injury inflicted.

In international law:

The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation of an act of inhumanity.

Any taking by way of retaliation; an act of severity done in retaliation.

Same as recaption.

A prize.

A restitution.

=Syn. 1–3. Retribution, Retaliation, etc. See revenge.

The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.