0 present participle of repossess
1 to take back possession of something, especially property that has not been completely paid for:
I couldn't make my mortgage repayments so the bank repossessed my house.
The first person gets the car by repossessing it when the owner stops making payments (and the sale contract allowed for repossession); the second steals it.
It is simply a case of repossessing a car, according to an agreement; it does not require enforcement of any kind.
We were repossessing our own territory, whereas they are invading the territory of others.
As has been said, that is like repossessing people's houses but leaving them with the mortgage to pay.
It would be wrong to compound their poverty and insecurity with the threat of repossessing their homes.
Therefore, before these repossessing transactions are completed, people who sign agreements should be made aware of their implications.
Such a firm will hardly have the decency to think twice about putting pressure on those in arrears, scaring them and then repossessing.
We shall go through with the necessary means of repossessing the islands as a whole.
