recapture
to recollect or reexperience (something past).
the recovery or retaking by capture.
the taking by the government of a fixed part of all earnings in excess of a certain percentage of property value, as in the case of a railroad.
International Law. the lawful reacquisition of a former possession.
the state or fact of being recaptured.
Origin of recapture
1Other words from recapture
- re·cap·tur·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·cap·tured, adjective
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How to use recapture in a sentence
While these three programs—parole, visa recapture, and the restoration of the CTC for undocumented kids—remain in current drafts of the bill, their ultimate fate remains unclear.
The Democrats' Bill Could Change the Lives of More Than 7 Million Undocumented Immigrants | Jasmine Aguilera | November 1, 2021 | TimeThe furnace owner offered a reward of three pounds each for their recapture.
Faces of the dead emerge from lost African American graveyard | Michael Ruane | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe landowner will continue to come out ahead, but not as much as without land value recapture.
There’s a Way for the City to Balance Density With Quality of Life | Nico Calavita and Brian J. Curry | December 15, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoHe is an expert on land value recapture and author of “Value Capture” and co-author of “Public Benefit Zoning.”
There’s a Way for the City to Balance Density With Quality of Life | Nico Calavita and Brian J. Curry | December 15, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoMy strategy was to bring in the people we never had, not try to recapture the people we lost to Reagan.
Before modernism, designers were almost trying to recapture the past.
The protest at recapture Canyon was non-violent, though there were guns present.
How Cliven Bundy and the Land Rights Movement Screws Native Americans | Caitlin Dickson | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn each of these privileged descents into recapture, we walked and climbed down.
The Idea of Public Land Means Nothing to Utah County Commissioner | Doug Peacock | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWas it because your dad really liked those earlier sessions and wanted to recapture some of the magic?
The Inside Story of Johnny Cash’s Legendary Lost LP, ‘Out Among the Stars’ | Andrew Romano | March 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMore serious still was the news that Porter had been reinforced, and had attacked and expected to recapture the place.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnAll the town is talking of your capture of the French frigate, and the recapture of the two prizes that she had taken.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyMichael, having failed with Prout, tried to recapture the emotion of his first religious experience at St. Bartholomew's.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieThe Swami made a determined effort to recapture the spotlight.
Sense from Thought Divide | Mark Irvin CliftonHe was trying to recapture them and as he brought them back he laughed.
The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere Stacpoole
British Dictionary definitions for recapture
/ (riːˈkæptʃə) /
to capture or take again
to recover, renew, or repeat (a lost or former ability, sensation, etc): she soon recaptured her high spirits
US (of the government) to take lawfully (a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking)
the act of recapturing or fact of being recaptured
US the seizure by the government of a proportion of the profits of a public-service undertaking
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