Unkidnap

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To recover (a person etc.) who has been kidnapped. informal, transitive

    "Reeve doesn't care about Hannah. thought Janie. This is about me. He's trying to unkidnap me. Trying to pay my ransom."

Example

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"Reeve doesn't care about Hannah. thought Janie. This is about me. He's trying to unkidnap me. Trying to pay my ransom."

Etymology

From un- + kidnap.

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