'retaken' is a correct word in English, and it is used as both a verb and an adjective.
As a verb, it has the meaning of 'to take something back' or 'to take again.' As an example sentence, you could say: "The student was required to retake the exam after he failed it the first time."
Piano wire was lowered down the shafts; readings taken and retaken, again and again.
Spurs should have retaken the lead before half-time and were centimetres away from doing so.
A mass operation by Ukrainian troops has retaken most of the strategic Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine after it nearly fell to Russia-backed rebels, the country's military leadership said on Sunday.
Indeed, the first time he came to the attention was in the 19th minute when he was cautioned after throwing a tantrum when the referee ordered a German free-kick to be retaken because the defensive wall had not retreated the proper distance.
The rebels' reported seizure of the town came as soldiers moved into the central city of Homs, farther south on the same highway, in a bid to finish off insurgents there and free up forces for northern battle zones like Aleppo … Maaret al-Numan had originally fallen under rebel control on 10 June, but it was retaken by the army in August, said the Observatory.
In their offensive, Yemeni government troops have retaken most of a southern provincial capital from al-Qaida fighters.
"American command and co-ordination will be the key factor if Mosul is to be retaken," says Michael Stephens of RUSI, a think-tank.
The town of Makhmour, retaken from IS by the Kurds, is devoid of life.
In the mountainous Sinjar area in the north-west, they have retaken the town of Zumar and the border town of Rabia, and have recaptured most of Sinjar city.
Navy and army commandos, who had retaken the hotel's lower floors and killed two terrorists, reported bodies in many rooms and perhaps half a dozen terrorists still living.
They are among 4,000 volunteers for the National Mobilisation Unit, a multi-ethnic force being assembled by Atheel al-Nujaifi, the governor of Mosul's Nineveh province.The men are preparing to be deployed to keep the peace in Mosul, if and when Iraq's second city is retaken from Islamic State (IS).
