• Recaption

    Origin

    - + caption

    Full definition of recaption

    Noun

    recaption

    (countable and uncountable; plural recaptions)
    1. (legal) The lawful claim and recovery, by a person, of goods wrongly taken from him

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To assign a new caption to.The newspaper was forced to recaption the photograph to avoid a libel suit.
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