In most tribal societies the only means to deal with an act of violence is revenge.

在大多数部落社会中，对付暴力行为的唯一手段是复仇。

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Police believe it was an act of revenge by the Zetas drug cartel after the officer named gang members involved in the casino attack.

警方相信，由于这名警官举报了参与赌场袭击事件的犯罪分子的姓名，泽塔贩毒组织采取了报复行为。

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Cross-examining at Southwark Crown Court, Andrew Edis QC said Ms Pryce, an economist, had taken the speeding story to the Mail on Sunday and Sunday Times because she wanted to destroy her husband in an act of revenge.

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The court was told Miss Sayer then heard her dog "screaming" when Purchase poured boiling water on him in an "act of revenge".

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It has been alleged, though not proved, that the 2002 bomb attack that killed 11 French naval engineers in Karachi was an act of revenge for ceasing the payments to Pakistan.

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