reprisal
re|pris|al /rɪpr'aɪzəl/ (reprisals)
[N-VAR]
If you do something to a person in reprisal, you hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you.
Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of reprisals.
= retaliation
[N-VAR]
If you do something to a person in reprisal, you hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you.
Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of reprisals.
= retaliation