Legal action is being taken to try and recover the money.
rescue
regain
Troops have regained control of the city.
reinstate
recoup
Insurance companies are trying to recount their losses.
2 (verb)
Definition
to convert (unusable or submerged land) into land suitable for farming or building on
The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water.
Synonyms
regain
rescue
restore
salvage
recapture
regenerate
The government will continue to regenerate inner city areas.
3 (verb)
Definition
to recover (useful substances) from waste products
Education was to reclaim him.
Synonyms
rescue
He rescued a 14th century barn from demolition.
save
She could have saved him from this final disaster.
reform
his plans to reform the country's economy
salvage
They studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage.
redeem
a new female spiritual force to redeem the world
win back
Additional synonyms
in the sense of recoup
Definition
to regain or make good (a loss)
Insurance companies are trying to recount their losses.
Synonyms
regain,
recover,
get back,
make good,
retrieve,
redeem,
win back
in the sense of recover
Definition
to gain (something) by the judgment of a court
Legal action is being taken to try and recover the money.
Synonyms
recoup,
restore,
repair,
get back,
regain,
make good,
retrieve,
reclaim,
redeem,
recapture,
win back,
take back,
repossess,
retake,
find again
in the sense of redeem
a new female spiritual force to redeem the world
Synonyms
save,
free,
deliver,
rescue,
liberate,
ransom,
set free,
extricate,
emancipate,
buy the freedom of,
pay the ransom of
Synonyms of 'reclaim'
reclaim
Explore 'reclaim' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of reform
Definition
to improve (a law or institution) by correcting abuses
his plans to reform the country's economy
Synonyms
improve,
better,
correct,
restore,
repair,
rebuild,
amend,
reclaim,
mend,
renovate,
reconstruct,
remodel,
rectify,
rehabilitate,
regenerate,
reorganize,
reconstitute,
revolutionize,
ameliorate,
emend
in the sense of regenerate
Definition
to undergo or cause to undergo physical, economic, or spiritual renewal
The government will continue to regenerate inner city areas.
Synonyms
renew,
restore,
revive,
renovate,
change,
reproduce,
uplift,
reconstruct,
re-establish,
rejuvenate,
kick-start (informal),
breathe new life into,
invigorate,
reinvigorate,
reawaken,
revivify,
give a shot in the arm,
inspirit
in the sense of salvage
Definition
to save (goods or property) from shipwreck, destruction, or waste
They studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage.
Synonyms
save,
recover,
rescue,
restore,
repair,
get back,
retrieve,
redeem,
glean,
repossess,
fetch back
in the sense of save
Definition
to rescue or preserve (a person or thing) from danger or harm
She could have saved him from this final disaster.
Synonyms
rescue,
free,
release,
deliver,
recover,
get out,
liberate,
salvage,
redeem,
bail out,
come to someone's rescue,
set free,
save the life of,
extricate,
save someone's bacon (British, informal)
reclaim
(rɪkleɪm)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense reclaims, present participle reclaiming, past tense, past participle reclaimed
1. verb
If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back.
In 1986, they got the right to reclaim South African citizenship. [VERB noun]
'I've come to reclaim my property,' she announced to the desk clerk. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: retrieve, claim back, get or take back, recover More Synonyms of reclaim
2. verb
If you reclaim an amount of money, for example tax that you have paid, you claim it back.
There are eight million people currently eligible to reclaim income tax. [VERB noun]
3. verb
When people reclaim land, they make it suitable for a purpose such as farming or building, for example by draining it or by building a barrier against the sea.
The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water. [VERB noun]
...a scheme to build a residential development on reclaimed land. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: regain, rescue, restore, salvage More Synonyms of reclaim
4. verb [usually passive]
If a piece of land that was used for farming or building is reclaimedby a desert, forest, or the sea, it turns back into desert, forest, or sea.
The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert. [beVERB-ed + by]
This method of spraying would allow the land to be reclaimed by the rain forests. [beV-ed by n]
5. verb
If you reclaim a person who has been involved in bad or criminal behaviour, you cause them to stop acting in that way.
He set out to fight crime by reclaiming youths from local gangs. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: rescue, save, reform, salvage More Synonyms of reclaim
reclaim in British English
(rɪˈkleɪm)
verb(transitive)
1.
to claim back
to reclaim baggage
2.
to convert (desert, marsh, waste ground, etc) into land suitable for growing crops
3.
to recover (useful substances) from waste products
4.
to convert (someone) from sin, folly, vice, etc
5. falconry
to render (a hawk or falcon) tame
noun
6.
the act of reclaiming or state of being reclaimed
Derived forms
reclaimable (reˈclaimable)
adjective
reclaimably (reˈclaimably)
adverb
reclaimant (reˈclaimant) or reclaimer (reˈclaimer)
noun
Word origin
C13: from Old French réclamer, from Latin reclāmāre to cry out, protest, from re- + clāmāre to shout
reclaim in American English
(rɪˈkleɪm)
verb transitive
1.
to rescue or bring back (a person or people) from error, vice, etc. to ways of living or thinking regarded as right; reform
2.
to make (wasteland, desert, etc.) capable of being cultivated or lived on, as by filling, ditching, or irrigating
3.
to recover (useful materials) from waste products
4. Obsolete
to tame or subdue (a hawk)
noun
5.
reclamation
beyond reclaim
SIMILAR WORDS: reˈcover
Derived forms
reclaimable (reˈclaimable)
adjective
reclaimant (reˈclaimant)
noun or reˈclaimer
Word origin
ME reclaimen < OFr réclamer < L reclamare, to cry out against: see re- & claim
Examples of 'reclaim' in a sentence
reclaim
The effect was pandemonium, both in the passport hall and at baggage reclaim.
The Sun (2016)
The new three-storey building will include a large immigration and baggage reclaim area, additional retail facilities and a public forecourt.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's in the heart of the resort and rooms are charmingly simple, with reclaimed wood walls and modern art.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Land being reclaimed from salt marsh was once again covered by the storming high tides.
Michael Boulter EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
What they have done is stop people reclaiming money.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You can reclaim tax if it has been deducted.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Officers attended and attempted to direct the group to baggage reclaim.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The firm also sells reclaimed tiles and wood flooring.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At least one military airbase has been built on the reclaimed land.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is not policing on the cheap but giving people confidence to reclaim their open spaces.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But you will not be able to reclaim the tax paid during the interim period.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Its new owners have revamped it with retro furniture and reclaimed wood panels.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You can reclaim income tax on the donations to a trust and tax is not payable on its investment income.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Leaving it up to individuals to allow charities to reclaim tax on their personal donations is more costly for charities.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This covers anything from a failure to clear passenger queues to the time it takes for luggage to clear baggage reclaim.
The Sun (2008)
In baggage reclaim the ceiling is high and the rows of columns give the huge room the feeling of a cathedral.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Land was reclaimed from the sea; subway lines and bridges were built.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But there is reclaimed land to lose in America too.
Radford, Tim & Leggett, Jeremy The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium (1990)
It's only fair for people to reclaim their belongings.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The check-in and baggage reclaim areas are underneath the runway apron and hundreds of marble pillars support the roof.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Monks who took refuge on its islands began the first drainage works, reclaiming land for a few fields.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You will then have to reclaim the tax from HMRC.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Instead of spending all day on the phone or in front of a computer, he is meeting different people and has reclaimed family time.
The Sun (2009)
We had flown out early and were through baggage reclaim by 9am on Friday.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There, it breached in two places, and in a single night the sea reclaimed it for its own.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
reclaim
British English: reclaim VERB
item If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back.
...his hopes of reclaiming the crown he won four years ago.
American English: reclaim
Brazilian Portuguese: reinvindicar
Chinese: 拿回
European Spanish: reclamar
French: recouvrer
German: wiedererlangen
Italian: rivendicare
Japanese: 取り戻す
Korean: 되찾다
European Portuguese: reivindicar
Latin American Spanish: reclamar
British English: reclaim VERB
land When people reclaim land, they make it suitable for a purpose such as farming or building, for example by draining it or by building a barrier against the sea.
The nation has been reclaiming farmland from water.