English-Portuguese translations for reprisal

• represália
  Todos nós sabemos a que estão ligadas estas represálias. We all know what these reprisals are about.
  O ciclo mortal de ataques e represálias tem de ser quebrado. The deadly cycle of attack and reprisal has to be broken.
  Receia-se que possam ter sido executados numa represália hedionda. It is feared that they might have been executed in a frenzied reprisal.

Definition of reprisal

• An act of retaliation
• The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity

Related words

• reprise
• repristinate
• repristination
• act of reprisal