Definition of "reclassified" [reclassified]

• Simple past tense and past participle of reclassify. (verb)

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• "But some of it is actually because of a change in record-keeping, like in New York City, where they -- what they call reclassified homicides, victims who were shot and stabbed actually years ago but who didn't die until this year."
• "Turkey Hill Road between Route 366 and Mt. Pleasant Road, for instance, is being reclassified from a "Local" road to an "Urban Collector", though this has more to do with its being in an area the 2000 census has classified as "Urban" than with any changes to the nature of traffic on the road."
• "Later, however, Congress told the FDA that those grandfathered-in devices either had to undergo rigorous testing or be officially "reclassified" as already-proven to be safe and effective although, in some cases with special warnings about their use."