Repossess

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To regain possession of.
  • transitive verb. To reclaim possession of for failure to make payments due.
  • transitive verb. To give back possession to.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To possess again; regain possession of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To possess again.
  • transitive verb. To take possession of, for failure of the possessor to make payments owed for purchase of; -- used of real estate subject to mortgage payments and of other objects purchased on a time-payment plan, which may be taken back (repossessed) by the original vendor if the payments are not made on time.
  • transitive verb. to acquire again (something lost).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. regain possession of something
  • verb. claim back
  • Word Usage
    "There's a catch, though: After just a few months of non-payment, The Union reserves the right to send a blue-collar thug to hunt you down and "repossess" - ie: crudely cut out of your living body-the organ."
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