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re·cap·ture  audio  (r-kpchr) KEY 

NOUN:
    1. The act of retaking or recovering.
    2. The condition of having been retaken or recovered.
  2. Law The act or an instance of retaking booty or goods.
  3. Something recaptured.
  4. The lawful taking by a government of a fixed amount of the profits of a public-service corporation in excess of a stipulated rate of return.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
re·cap·tured, re·cap·tur·ing, re·cap·tures
  1. To capture again.
  2. To recall: an attempt to recapture the past.
  3. To acquire by the government procedure of recapture.



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