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
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 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
It was considered an advantage to reship cotton because moving it from one boat to another knocked the mud off the bales.
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Morgan, Wallace
And also swear that they will reship any teas that may be consigned to them by the said Company, by the first vessel sailing for London.
From Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel)
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
The answer, of course, lay upon the surface; the cargoes were intended for reshipment into the Southern States, and they were, in fact, immediately so reshipped.
From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Hendrick, Burton Jesse
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
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
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
Our vessels were prohibited from carrying imports from the West Indies to France, but evaded the law by bringing imports to this country and then reshipping them to France.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
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