repossess
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When borrowers default or people can no longer justify maintenance fees, timeshare operators can repossess or cheaply buy back their vacation ownership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Allowing the lender to repossess the vehicle is one option.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 29, 2025
Karina Hutchins, of UK Finance - which represents the banking industry - said seeking to repossess a home is "always a last resort" for lenders.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
The stories of people facing court proceedings to repossess their homes have been shared with the BBC as mortgage repossessions reach a five-year high.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
If you got a note on your car, they gone repossess it.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
When the nefarious Pilkington Industries repossesses Manor Farm after a failure to make payments, the animals inhabiting the stead are nearly trucked off to their demise.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
That is certainly a possibility, but it is a long, legal process before a lender repossesses somebody's home.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
And when buyers lose everything, the company repossesses the houses and sells them anew.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2015
And it isn’t just cars he repossesses, he says.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2015
No. Bank repossesses your land, that’s what happens.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Colony Ridge repossessed more than 15,000 lots, many owned by immigrants, a 2023 investigation by the Houston Landing found.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
He smells of money, and she has a family whose house is about to be repossessed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
These auto-loan figures exclude accounts that are regarded as “seriously derogatory,” which refer to severely delinquent, charged-off or repossessed debts that are usually shut down and written off by lenders.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
A who’s who of high finance caught foreclosure fever, dispatching buyers to courthouse steps with duffel bags of cashiers checks to buy repossessed homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
One day two men came in and repossessed the slot machine.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Lesley Bates KC, prosecuting, previously said the bodies of two elderly men were found by court agents who were repossessing the premises because of debts including more than £13,000 in unpaid rent.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
Caviness, 33, said he has been repossessing cars his entire adult life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Leasing companies warn that restrictions on repossessing their assets in case of defaults will drive up costs for all Indian airlines - even for IndiGo and Air India.
From Reuters ● Jun. 20, 2023
Autonomous vehicles that are not worth repossessing could be made to drive themselves to junkyards.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Going to the vidphone, Iran said, “Why are you afraid? They're not repossessing the goat, not yet.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
