Jeanne Shaheen

By protecting our Afghan friends from reprisals and welcoming them into our American family, we can assert that the United States is still a great and good country - and that we do not abandon those who risked their lives to serve with us.

American Politician

Andy Jassy

When you have a sitting president who's willing to publicly show his disdain for a company and the leader of a company, it's very difficult for government agencies including the DOD to make an objective decision without fear of reprisal.

American Businessman

Richard N. Haass

Russia may well be willing to stop interfering in Eastern Ukraine in exchange for a degree of sanctions relief if it could be assured that ethnic Russians there would not face reprisals.

American Diplomat

William Hazlitt

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

English Critic

Moshe Sharett

A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling helpless.

Israeli Statesman

Salman Rushdie

If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.

Indian Novelist

Sam Harris

We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.

American Author

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.

German Poet

Ben Stein

I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal.

American Actor

James Stockdale

So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out.

American Soldier

Reprisal suggests negative feelings and is often associated with harm or revenge.

Negative Connotation

Use 'reprisal' when a harmful act is done in response to a previous wrongdoing.

Response to Harm

The fear of reprisal can prevent people from acting against injustice or speaking out.

Fear as a Deterrent

'Reprisal' in international relations often implies military action and serious consequences.

Military Seriousness

'Reprisal' can be used as a strategic move, not just for immediate satisfaction.

Political Strategy

This usage tends to appear in formal and diplomatic contexts, especially between countries.

Formality

 You're probably aware that there have been a spate of those directed against the U.S. financial sector since 2012. Again, that's a nation-state who is executing those attacks, and they're doing that as a semi-anonymous way of reprisal. And the last one is destructive attacks,

Richard Ledgett: The NSA...

 some of the homeboys that are still doing dirt Yancy's given the suspect a tough choice inform on his gang and risk reprisal or get deported and face the

Reprisal

Negative Connotation

Response to Harm

Fear as a Deterrent

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