reship
Americanverb (used without object)
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to go on a ship again.
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(of a member of a ship's crew) to sign up for another voyage.
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The Indeed website warns: “During the holiday season, scammers might also seek gift wrappers. In this variation of the reshipping scam, you’d receive a package at your home, gift wrap it and then reship it.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
It ricocheted, producing so many Amazon orders that Hyperion had to reship hardcovers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2010
I had taken passage on one of the regular steamers from Manila to Hong Kong, and was to reship from there.
From Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos by Sargent Kayme
As the traveler turned and called a porter to reship his baggage, he was met by a lady, who greeted him with the cordiality of an old acquaintance and a volley of questions.
From Their Pilgrimage by Charles Dudley Warner
Going on board, Nat sent for the boatswain and gunners, and informed them that as he was to recommission the Spartane he was anxious to get as many of the hands to reship as possible.
From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The oil embargo will present still more difficulties: Oil can be reshipped, blended, refined or relabeled to conceal its Russian origin.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
Oil is more complicated because it can be reshipped, blended, refined or relabeled to conceal its Russian origin.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
For the second sale, they falsely restamped and reshipped metal they had agreed to replace.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2019
The daughter then reshipped the unopened package from South Korea to Japan, along with some household goods.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2015
They were my friends, and they gave me their business for that reason, and also because I brought the cotton down here to Vicksburg, and reshipped it from here on, down the river.
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Wallace Morgan
Such “jobs” range from reshipping products to selling them to friends and require applicants to pay for certifications, software or starter kits.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Across Michigan, the Better Business Bureau has received 10 reports of reshipping employment scams in the past six months.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
With the trade barrier coming down, Catoctin Creek Distillery in Virginia is looking to start reshipping its rye whiskey to EU markets, said Scott Harris, the distillery’s co-founder and general manager.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
Though Spain forbade direct foreign exports to its colonies, merchants evaded the barrier by bringing foreign goods to Spain before reshipping them to America.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
"If we get to Antigua and report this to the British admiralty, how long would this Sargasso reshipping arrangement last?"
From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by T. S. Stribling
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