Legal Definitions - negative reprisal

Definition: Negative reprisal is a type of retaliation or punishment that involves taking away something from someone as a consequence of their actions. It can be a form of punishment that is meant to discourage someone from doing something again.

Example: If a student is caught cheating on a test, a negative reprisal might be to take away their privilege of taking future tests alone or to lower their grade on the test they cheated on.

The example illustrates how negative reprisal is a form of punishment that takes away something from someone as a consequence of their actions. In this case, the student's privilege of taking future tests alone or their grade on the test they cheated on is taken away as a consequence of their cheating.