retaliation

an action that is taken to hurt someone because they have hurt you or your group

venganza, represalia

• a retaliation against somebody/something

Collocations retaliation for an attack · military retaliation

• The government's response was seen as a form of retaliation.

  La respuesta del gobierno se vio como una forma de represalia.

the act of punishing someone who has broken the law, especially by making them suffer in a similar way to their victim

represalias legales

• retaliation for an offence

Collocations legal retaliation against a criminal · court-ordered retaliation

• The court ordered retaliation to be carried out.

  El tribunal ordenó que se llevara a cabo la represalia.