Three children are playing in a room. First child steals a toy from second child. Second child screams in anger, hits the third child and then steals that childs toy. What defense mechanism is this?

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1. Three children are playing in a room. First child steals a toy from second child. Second child screams in anger, hits the third child and then steals that childs toy. What defense mechanism is this?