Under the Ceausescu government, hundreds of Rumanians applied to emigrate to the United States, knowingly risking reprisals from the government, which allowed only a tiny number to leave the country.

They also risked harassment, intimidation, economic reprisals, and physical violence when they tried to register or vote.

There they risked deportation, severe reprisals, and other barbarous acts.

And there was no sense risking bureaucratic reprisals.

He decided to keep the code private, rather than risk reprisals against Chekov.

Such action risked legal reprisals, but ultimately none transpired.

Sabotage on a bigger scale had to be authorised from London, and was largely discouraged as it would risk unnecessary German reprisals.

Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the Vietcong.

For preempting the prerogative of the Creator, I risked reprisals beyond human imagining.

Many of the knezovi who had survived the massacre were unwilling to risk further reprisals, should the revolt fail.