報復する meaning in this sentence


> あんまりにも痛いんで、ムシャクシャして、適当なぬいぐるみ **を報復したくなった** 。  
>  包丁で、無抵抗なぬいぐるみを滅多刺し。誰にでもできる惨殺行為、簡単すぎてものすごく無意味【つまらな】い。  
>  それはさぞかし気持ちが悪く、気色が悪く、後味なんか最悪で、つまり今のオレはそのぬいぐるみ役なのだった。

Because it hurt so much, because I got angry, I wanted to take revenge on a
stuffed animal.

Is it correct?  
I tought you should use に in this sentence.  
Is it there a difference?




The target of 報復 is usually marked with に or へ. I also think this sentence
should be 適当なぬいぐるみ **に** 報復したくなった, at least.

And I don't get why 報復 is used here in the first place, because you can't have
a grudge against a random (適当な) stuffed animal you didn't know. This kind of
action is normally called
[八つ当たり](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E5%85%AB%E3%81%A4%E5%BD%93%E3%81%9F%E3%82%8A&ref=sa).

**EDIT:** BCCWJ corpus has one example of ～を報復(する) and 15 examples of
～に報復(する), excluding irrelevant hits like 直ちに報復する, 他国を報復のために攻撃する. I wouldn't
say ～を報復する is never used, but it's certainly uncommon. I don't think there is
any semantic difference between ～を報復する and ～に報復する.




The target of 報復 is usually marked with に or へ. I also think this sentence
should be 適当なぬいぐるみ **に** 報復したくなった, at least.

And I don't get why 報復 is used here in the first place, because you can't have
a grudge against a random (適当な) stuffed animal you didn't know. This kind of
action is normally called
[八つ当たり](http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%E5%85%AB%E3%81%A4%E5%BD%93%E3%81%9F%E3%82%8A&ref=sa).

**EDIT:** BCCWJ corpus has one example of ～を報復(する) and 15 examples of
～に報復(する), excluding irrelevant hits like 直ちに報復する, 他国を報復のために攻撃する. I wouldn't
say ～を報復する is never used, but it's certainly uncommon. I don't think there is
any semantic difference between ～を報復する and ～に報復する.

