repossessed

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

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Recent Examples of repossessed 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 The family only lived in the home for three years before it was repossessed and they were forced to move, staying in a handful of homes around the area until settling in a more permanent home in Memphis in 1948. — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026 Horn Barbecue once had a location in Old Town Elk Grove, but it was repossessed by its landlord in January, less than a year after opening. — Fresno Bee, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 As Connie explains in the documentary, her suspicions were raised after a car Parker had gifted her was repossessed because it had never actually been purchased. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
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Verb
  • Intact capsules also remained trapped within the gelatin, meaning some medications could still be identified and potentially retrieved.
    — Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Sixteen packages, which tested positive for the presence of cocaine, were retrieved from her genital area, the outlet reported.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Tagging studies found that recaptured juveniles were far more likely to linger and grow on the floodplain, around 72 days, than to pass straight through.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Shares also recaptured its 200-day moving average and safely moved above it — all signs of a major trend change.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • According to federal officials, the funds were recovered by the District of Connecticut Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) Unit.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Singh was not wearing a life jacket when his body was recovered, and the circumstances surrounding his death remain under investigation.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Jarius Ingram found the end zone twice, but North Crowley reclaimed its spark with some help from wide receiver Damarion Mays.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Time with ageing parents, a partner drifting away or children growing up cannot always be reclaimed.
    — Michelle De Almeida, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Repossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessed. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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