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reship

American  
[ree-ship] / riˈʃɪp /

verb (used with object)

reshipped, reshipping
  1. to ship again.

  2. to transfer from one ship to another.


verb (used without object)

reshipped, reshipping
  1. to go on a ship again.

  2. (of a member of a ship's crew) to sign up for another voyage.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of reship

First recorded in 1645–55; re- + ship 1

Example Sentences

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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

The Danube steamers are not unfrequently obliged to stop at Drenkova and reship their passengers into smaller boats.

From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse

England reserves the right to import and reship American products, yet it sells more than three million pounds and Ireland and Scotland two million pounds sterling of products in America.

From Achenwall's Observations on North America by J. G. (Joseph George) Rosengarten

Orders were sent at once to reship the body with all possible speed; and accordingly, it was placed upon the cars of the Northern Central Railroad.

From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark

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

We landed seventeen days later in the good port Para, and from there reshipped for Obidos and from there fitted out for a new experience.

From Black Beaver The Trapper by James Campbell Lewis

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

Consumer watchdogs are warning of an uptick in jobs scams, such as reshipping scams, as unemployed workers try to find jobs from home during the pandemic.

From Seattle Times Dec. 9, 2021

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

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

One who attends to the shipping and reshipping of   goods.

From Business Hints for Men and Women by Alfred Rochefort Calhoun

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