unkidnap

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ kidnap.

Verb

unkidnap (third-person singular simple present unkidnaps, present participle unkidnapping, simple past and past participle unkidnapped)

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