Meanings
verbrekidnap (third-person singular simple present rekidnaps, present participle rekidnapping or (rare, US only) rekidnaping, simple past and past participle rekidnapped or (rare, US only) rekidnaped)
present singular third person rekidnaps · participle present rekidnapping · US participle present rare rekidnaping · participle past rekidnapped · past rekidnapped · US participle past rare rekidnaped · US past rare rekidnaped
- transitiveTo kidnap again.
He was rekidnapped in 1990, and never seen again.
2009 July 15, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “Courtroom Circus: A Feng Shui Master and a $4 Billion Estate”, in New York Times
Origin
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APA
rekidnap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rekidnap
MLA
“rekidnap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rekidnap. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rekidnap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rekidnap.
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