repossess
verb (used with object)
to regain ownership of; to take back, especially for failure to make due payment.
have repossessed
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present perfectof repossess.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Hanergy insiders have been using their stock as collateral for non-recourse loans, according to Fichthorn’s research, and he believes it’s possible that banks have repossessed the stock being pledged and now are in a rush to sell.
From Forbes ● May 20, 2015
Although the firm could have repossessed Irises and put it on the block again, such a move would almost certainly have been a disaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
I knew the value of it, and, like the magician in Aladdin’s tale, would have offered new lamps for old ones, cheerfully submitting to ridicule, that I might have repossessed my treasure.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
On the 13th we took Bagneux, and a spirited attack would have repossessed us of Châtillon: Trochu had no reserves.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
