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The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.

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  1. n. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
  2. n. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
  3. v. t. To capture again; to retake.
  4. n. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount
  5. n. the act of taking something back
  6. v. experience anew
  7. v. take up anew
  8. v. take back by force, as after a battle
  9. v. capture again
  10. 1. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor. 2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken. To capture again; to retake.
  11. n:12/v:88 n. a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount n. the act of taking something back v. experience anew v. take up anew