Synonyms of repossessed

repossessed

verb

past tense of repossess

as in retrieved

to get again in one's possession

if you don't pay off the loan, the bank will come and repossess your car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• retrieved
• recaptured
• regained
• recovered
• reclaimed
• reacquired
• got back
• retook
• recouped
• re-collected
• replenished
• rescued
• recruited
• repurchased
• redeemed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• misplaced
• mislaid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of repossessed

An Uber driver who misses a car payment, for example, could lose the ability to earn income if their vehicle is repossessed. — John Csiszar, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026

Graves can be effectively repossessed by the cemetery or temple if they are abandoned and annual maintenance fees go unpaid. — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026

According to officials, most of the vehicles purchased in the scheme were repossessed before they could be resold. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

The year the housing bubble burst, 860k American properties were repossessed. — HubSpot, 31 July 2026

The bestselling author of The Help, Kathryn Stockett serves up a yarn set in the Mississippi Delta during the Depression, when tea was sweet, cafés were segregated, and a fourth of the state’s private property had been repossessed. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

Courts have also been reluctant to treat a surname as property that can be repossessed upon divorce. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026

For example, if a vehicle is repossessed after death and sold for less than the amount owed, the lender may seek the deficiency balance from the estate. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 June 2026

If a lender in Maryland needs a car repossessed in Seattle and doesn’t know any agents there, a forwarder with a national repo database may manage the job, from assignment to resolution. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026