getback
An act of revenge.
Noun
- An act of revenge.
- If the resource was general and valuable, elements of criminality and vengeful getbacks — 'I'll burn your crops' — were an ever-present threat. - 2013, Brent D. Shaw, Bringing in the Sheaves: Economy and Metaphor in the...
- I ran from my parents' mistakes and the dark cloud that loomed over me from their petty games of getback. - 2022, Lux Miller, Aether:
Coordinate Terms: payback
Origin
Deverbal from get back.