reprisal

reprisal is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place. Macaulay.

[2] Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.

[3] 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. Vattel (Trans. )

[4] Any act of retaliation. Waterland. Letters of marque and reprisal. See under Marque.