A woman can't sleep around without risking terrible retribution, to her reputation, to her prospects, to her life.

Church officials decline to say whether they will support a renewed campaign of civil disobedience, thus risking official retribution, if Mr. Gorbachev's commission fails to satisfy the Armenian demands.

Why had they come, risking harsh retribution?

You can avoid setting up your boss to be angry at you and therefore risk retribution by careful planning and diplomatic communication.

"Jason doesn't represent Silicon Alley," said one attendee, who insisted on anonymity because he didn't want to risk retribution in print.

Its 20th-century programming may not be that challenging, but by depriving subscribers of their beloved Mozart and such, the orchestra is making a statement about the richness of this century, and risking retribution.

He says that as the public face of his movement, he risks retribution from Shiite militias that have entered the Iraqi police forces and have been implicated in prisoner abuse.

For one, mafiosi receive a great deal of respect, for everyone knows that to offend a mafioso is to risk lethal retribution from him or his colleagues.

Finally, people who 'grass' on conventional criminals constantly risk physical and sometimes fatal retribution, whereas corporate 'informers'are dismissed and risk prolonged unemployment and career fracture.

Mr. Grinker wrote that he had been warned by other city commissioners that he was risking retribution by confronting the state.