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repossess

verb as in take back

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Russia, he suggested, is simply trying to repossess a now independent colony.

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The solution is to post a bond that they would forfeit, or sign a note that empowers the creditor to repossess the house or car.

He can repossess himself, if this can be done peaceably, otherwise he must bring an action for the purpose.

I do not think that I am less impatient now than formerly to repossess—to entirely engross—my own treasured love.

"He has the same right to repossess his slave here as in his own State;" the same right to kill him if he attempts to escape!

And up he climbed again, thrust in his arm to the shoulder, and managed to repossess himself a fifth time of that blessed crock.

And his longing to get rid of her changed, like a flash of lightning, into a passionate yearning to repossess her, dead.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to repossess, such as: retake, recapture, reclaim, recover, retrieve, and get back.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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