He was eager to do his work to avoid retribution by the sadistic guards who always walked lazily.

Lovell went missing; there were rumours that he had escaped and hidden to avoid retribution.

Philistus took his own life to avoid retribution from his countrymen.

He agreed to keep his identity secret, to avoid possible retribution against Mayer and his family.

To avoid further retribution, Winters recalls both ships.

Jason murders him and the body is dismembered to avoid retribution from the Erinyes.

The problem was to become that rich and avoid detection and retribution.

She was not trying to avoid retribution or to avoid being found out in some peccadillo.

"It is a divided country now," said an Iranian political analyst who would speak only anonymously to avoid retribution.

The messages on the boards are generally anonymous - often, authors say, to avoid retribution.