vendetta
n
1 hereditary feud between families in which murders are committed in revenge for previous murders 家族世仇; 族间仇杀.
2 bitter long-standing quarrel 长期争斗; 积怨
(joc 谑) wage a personal vendetta against the Post Office 个人向邮局进行的长期斗争.
The Swedes were the first to recognize that public official like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.