Might mean (unverified): Repayment in kind for injury.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Eye for eye)

noun:  Alternative form of eye for an eye [(idiomatic) Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person.]

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