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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Reprisals (0.01061 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Reprisals.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: reprisal
balasan, pembalasan, tindakan balasan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: reprisal
reprisal
n : a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Reprisal
Reprisal
\Re*pris"al\ (r?-priz"al), n. [F. repr?saille, It.
ripresaglia, rappresaglia, LL. reprensaliae, fr. L.
reprehendere, reprehensum. See
Reprehend,
Reprise.]
1. The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or
indemnity.
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Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals
continued to take place. --Macaulay.
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2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.
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3. 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. --Vattel (Trans.)
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4. Any act of retaliation. --Waterland.
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Letters of marque and reprisal. See under
Marque.
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