repo man
Noun
Meaning
repo man (plural repo men)
(US) A man employed by a finance company or similar lender to repossess property which is the security for a loan or subject of a lease and where payments have not been made by the borrower/lessor at agreed times (i.e. one that is in default).
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I worked for this company that repossessed cars. Sure enough, the day after I quit, they repossessed my car, but that would probably be my strangest job to date. You have to work your way up to become a hardcore repo man.
Abraham Lincoln was a repo man.
The life of a repo man is always intense.
Hollywood and major studio period (1978–1987) Michael Nesmith agreed to produce Repo Man, and convinced Universal Studios to back the project with a budget of over a million dollars.
Searchers 2.0 —named for, but in no way based on The Searchers — became Cox's first film for which he has sole writing credit since Repo Man, and marked his return to the comedy genre.
"Repo Man" comes out of left field, has no big stars, didn't cost much, takes chances, dares to be unconventional, is funny, and works.