repossess

/ˌˈripəˌzɛs/
/ripəˈzɛs/
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Other forms: repossessed; repossessing; repossesses

Definitions of repossess
  1. verb
    regain possession of something
    synonyms: take back
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    type of:
    take
    take into one's possession
  2. verb
    claim back
    synonyms: reclaim
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    types:
    distrain
    legally take something in place of a debt payment
    foreclose
    subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
    type of:
    acquire, get
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
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