unkidnap

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ kidnap.

Verb

unkidnap (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)

  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?”
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