unkidnap en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + kidnap.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unkidnapped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unkidnapped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unkidnaped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US, rare | lexicographic |
| unkidnaped | Tense=Past | US, rare | lexicographic |
| unkidnapping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unkidnaping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US, rare | lexicographic |
| unkidnaps | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |