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Show LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY -4 Today's word Is REPRISAL It's pronounced rc-prki-al, with i accent on the second syllable. It means an act of retaliation, public or private. In international law it signifies a resort to force, short of war. to procure redress of grievances griev-ances especially a resort to retaMa--1 tory acts of the nature of those complained com-plained of. It comes from French "repren-dre." "repren-dre." to take back the French having hav-ing borrowed originally from the Latin "reprehendere " It's used like this "In some quarters quar-ters It is urged that foreign ships be forbidden to bring intoxicants into American waters even under seal, but fears are entertained that this would provoke reprisals against American shipping abroad." |