(~s)
If you do something to a person in ~, you hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you.
Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of ~s.
= retaliation
N-VAR
(~s)
If you do something to a person in ~, you hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you.
Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of ~s.
= retaliation
N-VAR
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