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REPOSSESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regain possession of something

Synonyms:

repossess; take back

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "repossess" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

repossession (the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Claim back

Synonyms:

reclaim; repossess

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "repossess" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "repossess"):

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)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

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