unkidnap

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verb

To recover (a person etc.) who has been kidnapped.

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Meanings

verbunkidnap (third-person singular simple present unkidnaps, present participle unkidnapping or (rare, US only) unkidnaping, simple past and past participle unkidnapped or (rare, US only) unkidnaped)

present singular third person unkidnaps · participle present unkidnapping · US participle present rare unkidnaping · participle past unkidnapped · past unkidnapped · US participle past rare unkidnaped · US past rare unkidnaped

  1. informaltransitiveTo recover (a person etc.) who has been kidnapped.

    “We're trying to unkidnap . . . rescue her grandmother! You know, the Snow Queen?”

    2011, James Riley, Half Upon a Time, page 154
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From un- + kidnap.

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APA

unkidnap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkidnap

MLA

“unkidnap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkidnap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unkidnap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkidnap.

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