vendetta
noun [ C ] uk/venˈdet.ə/ us/venˈdet̬.ə/
世仇;族间血仇;宿怨
a long and violent argument between people or families, in which one group tries to harm the other in order to punish them for things that happened in the past
He saw himself as the victim of a personal vendetta being waged by his political enemies. 他觉得自己成了政敌挑起的个人积怨的牺牲品。