0 to take back possession of something, especially property that has not been completely paid for -- （在购买者无力偿付时）收回，取回（尤指房产）
I couldn't make my mortgage repayments so the bank repossessed my house. 我还不上按揭贷款，所以银行收回了我的房子。
The farmer could then repossess his land and turn to another potential donor of pensions.
What was initially felt to be a curse - the curse of homelessness or the curse of enforced exile - gets repossessed.
In 1811, he repossessed a cargo ship that he had received as collateral, with which he began to engage in maritime shipping.
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.
The law enables companies to sell cars which they repossess to a nominee at a low price.
The military aim is to repossess the islands.
The third choice is to increase our efforts to repossess the islands by further military means.
It is simply a case of repossessing a car, according to an agreement; it does not require enforcement of any kind.
