He could throw any vocal barb at George with little fear of official reprisal.

Her father Satoru's opposition to the Japanese War led to official reprisals forcing he and his family into hiding for most of World War 2.

On 27 April, as an official reprisal, four shops were destroyed by Crown Forces in the town of Listowel.

It was the largest in a series of several such student demonstrations in other cities, and official reprisal was swift.

British government sanctioned "official reprisals".

Indeed, the Open Society Institute has documented several instances in which returnees from other groups have apparently been victims of official reprisals.

These people, and all others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity, for fear of official reprisals.

These activists may reject approaches that are liable to be met with official reprisals.

"Five hundred members sounds unbelievable," said a male undergraduate who, fearing official reprisals, asked that he be identified only as Zhu.

She has so far been protected from official reprisal by orders of Morning Glory's mysterious Headmaster.