repossessed
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
Æthelred appears to have been given lands which normally belonged to the king's sons, some of which had been granted by Edgar to Abingdon Abbey and which were forcibly repossessed for Æthelred by the leading nobles.
Clayson, Alan, p. 56. In dire financial straits, his car repossessed, he turned to family and friends for funds.
Across England and Wales, over 180,000 homes have been repossessed by mortgage lenders since the start of 2008 - nearly 36,000 in that year alone.
A developing entrepreneurial spirit, financial acumen and a good eye for investments led Gary to begin a career in real estate, starting with buying and selling FHA repossessed homes and apartment complexes.
At the same time the Kikuyu, with Kenyatta's support, spread beyond their traditional territorial homelands and repossessed lands "stolen by the whites" – even when these had previously belonged to other groups.
Meanwhile, Mwonzora disclosed that the MDC-T had repossessed Morgan Tsvangirai House, that had been taken over by party youths who accused the Khupe group of working with Zanu-PF.