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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repossessed
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  • In May 2019, San Jose police retrieved the suspects’ phones from the arresting agencies and found photos taken inside a San Jose hotel two days before Tran’s killing.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The gunman then retrieved a rifle from his Honda Civic as an off-duty Idaho State Police trooper inside the restaurant helped evacuate employees and customers while searching for the shooter.
    Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • Should Flaco have been recaptured and returned to his tiny environment within the Central Park Zoo?
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
  • None of Argentina’s players had been born when the country’s military dictatorship invaded the Malvinas in 1982, holding the islands for 73 days before British forces recaptured them in a war that killed 649 Argentine and 255 British troops.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
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  • The researchers recovered usable DNA from 95 historical specimens spanning nearly 140 years and compared them with modern samples collected in the 2000s, and the results painted a sobering picture.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • On Sunday, the boat was recovered by authorities from New York Harbor.
    Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • In fintech, it would be cost per loan, fraud loss avoided or employee hours reclaimed.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The sleepy Silicon Valley enclave has reclaimed its title as the country’s most expensive ZIP code, overtaking Miami’s Fisher Island after home prices surged during the first half of the year.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Repossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repossessed. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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