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unkidnap

unkidnap verb: to recover (a person etc.) who has been kidnapped.

Verb

unkidnap (third-person singular simple present unkidnaps, present participle unkidnapping or (rare, US only) unkidnaping, simple past and past participle unkidnapped or (rare, US only) unkidnaped)

  1. (informal, transitive) To recover (a person etc.) who has been kidnapped.
    • Reeve doesn't care about Hannah. thought Janie. This is about me. He's trying to unkidnap me. Trying to pay my ransom.2008, Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found, page 175
    • “We're trying to unkidnap . . . rescue her grandmother! You know, the Snow Queen?”2011, James Riley, Half Upon a Time, page 154

Forms of unkidnap

third-person singular presentunkidnaps
present participleunkidnapping
past participleunkidnapped
pastunkidnapped
present participle US (rare)unkidnaping
past participle US (rare)unkidnaped
past US (rare)unkidnaped

Origin of unkidnap

From un- + kidnap.

Questions about unkidnap

What does unkidnap mean?
Unkidnap means to recover (a person etc.) who has been kidnapped.
What part of speech is unkidnap?
Unkidnap is a verb.
What is the past tense of unkidnap?
The past tense of unkidnap is unkidnapped.

Words near unkidnap in the dictionary

  1. unkeyworded
  2. unkickable
  3. unkicked
  4. unkid
  5. unkiddingly
  6. unkidnap
  7. unkidnapped
  8. unkidnapping
  9. unkidnaps
  10. unkie
  11. unkies

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