REPRISAL

[noun] - (an example of) activity against another person, esp. as a punishment by military forces or a political groupTen houses were burnt down as a reprisal for the killing of a soldier. [C]He is unwilling to give his real name for fear of reprisals from the authorities. [C]They promised that individuals would be free to live as they chose without fear of reprisal from the military. [U]The attack was in reprisal for the kidnapping of one of the local leaders. [U]The protestors called for economic reprisals to be taken against the aggressor states. [C]