revenge killings
Lethal blood feuds
Revenge killings are murders committed in retaliation for a previous wrong, often a prior killing.
The term appears in contexts of gang violence, blood feuds, and cycles of retribution where one death provokes another: The revenge killings continued for generations.
Unlike crimes of passion, revenge killings are typically premeditated, carried out after the initial offense.
- vendettaProlonged retaliatory conflict
- blood feudInherited cycle of retribution
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- vigilanteExtralegal justice-seeker
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Homicides for enjoyment
mass shootings · self-defense · mercy killings · accidental deaths · collateral damage
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Releasing resentment toward offenders
mercy · reconciliation · pardon · amnesty · clemency
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