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In the sense of revenge, retaliation is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance. Retaliation or Retaliate may also refer to: Retaliate (Angerfist album), 2011; Retaliate (Misery Index album), 2003; Retaliation, a 1968 Japanese film; Retaliation (Carnivore album), 1987; Retaliation (Dane Cook album), a 2005 comedy ...
An example of reprisal is the Naulila dispute between Portugal and Germany in October 1914, when they were on opposite sides of the World War I chasm. After three Germans were mistakenly killed in Naulila on the border of the then-Portuguese colony of Angola (in a manner that did not violate international law), [6] Germany carried out a military raid on Naulila, destroying property in retaliation.
Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, c. 1805 –1808. Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real [1] or perceived. [2]
Workplace revenge, or workplace retaliation, refers to the general action of purposeful retaliation within the workplace.Retaliation often involves a power imbalance; the retaliator is usually someone with more power in the workplace than the victim, and retaliation may be done to silence the victim so the retaliator can avoid accountability for workplace bullying, workplace harassment, or ...
Reprisal, in warfare, a permissible act of retaliation; Reprisal, a novel in The Adversary Cycle by F. Paul Wilson; Retaliation (disambiguation) Retorsion, in international law, an act of retaliation by one nation upon another; Revenge (disambiguation) Vengeance (disambiguation)
The tariffs, and subsequent retaliation, risk igniting a trade war that could significantly damage the economies of the targeted countries and the United States. In anticipation, Trump’s ...
Two prosecutors who recommended the Menendez brothers be resentenced allege they were demoted by new L.A. County D.A. Nathan Hochman and then defamed by one of his allies.
Tit for tat is an English saying meaning "equivalent retaliation". It is an alteration of tip for tap "blow for blow", [1] first recorded in 1558. [2] It is also a highly effective strategy in game theory. An agent using this strategy will first cooperate, then subsequently replicate an opponent's previous action. If the opponent previously was ...