Dictionary Entry
reprisal
reprisal is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.
- 2noun
Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
Any act of retaliation.
- 5noun
a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
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