Recaption

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him countable, uncountable

    "The ordinance affirmed the common-law right of masters to recapture fugitives on their own, without coming before a magistrate. By contrast, Article IV omitted mention of self-help recaption or reclamation."

Verb
  1. 1
    To assign a new caption to. transitive

    "The newspaper was forced to recaption the photograph to avoid a libel suit."

Example

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"The ordinance affirmed the common-law right of masters to recapture fugitives on their own, without coming before a magistrate. By contrast, Article IV omitted mention of self-help recaption or reclamation."

Etymology

From re- + caption.

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