getback
noun/ˈɡɛtbæk/
Etymology Deverbal from get back.
1
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 Roman World, page 248:
- I ran from my parents' mistakes and the dark cloud that loomed over me from their petty games of getback.2022, Lux Miller, Aether: