Bible Dictionaries
Reprisal
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.
(2):
(n.) The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.
(3):
(n.) The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity.
(4):
(n.) Any act of retaliation.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Reprisal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/reprisal.html. 1828.