reprisal /ɹɪˈpɹaɪzəl/ noun3 •An act of retaliation. •(no longer used) The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity.debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place — 1849 •(no longer used) Something taken from an enemy in retaliation. formsreprisals