verb/ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe/
to get back, to recover, to recuperate; to reform, to rehabilitate; to reclaim, to recover; to make up (e.g. time); to co-opt, to appropriate, to recast to serve one's own ends
“Le premier ministre a tenté de récupérer la crise, mais l'opposition a rétorqué que celle-ci s'était produite sous sa gouverne.” — The premier tried to co-opt the crisis, but the opposition retorted that it had occurred on his watch.
Borrowed from Latin recuperāre. Doublet of recouvrer, which was inherited.