(v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
(v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
(v. t.) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
(v. t.) To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals.
(v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc.
(v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
(v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
(v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.
(v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
(v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
(v. i.) To draw back; to give way.
(n.) The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some women attended the protest wearing jeans and T-shirts, while others took the mission of reclaiming the word "slut" – one of the stated objectives of the movement – more literally and turned out in overtly provocative fishnets and stilettos.
(2) The Guardian recently revealed that the Danish government had been forced, on the eve of the Copenhagen summit , to rush through an emergency law making it impossible for criminal gangs to reclaim huge amounts of VAT on fraudulent trades they were making on Europe's various carbon exchanges.
(3) The unremitting assault on Aleppo by Russian and Syrian forces over recent days is certainly testament to that.” In a week of what residents have described as the worst airstrike campaign since the start of the civil war in Syria , forces loyal to Assad have begun the early stages of a ground offensive aimed at reclaiming eastern Aleppo, which has been under opposition control since 2012.
(4) On Saturday morning in Adelaide, someone put the finishing touches to their “all girls must finish kindy before marriage” sign; a woman donned her cow suit painted with the message “don’t halal me”; and the Australia First Party stacked their “Multiculturalism Means Death” flyers before joining a thousand other Reclaim Australia supporters in Elder Park.
(5) There is also the question of which political party Reclaim will throw its support behind.
(6) There have been succession of schisms which have left Reclaim Australia without anyone clearly in charge, and there were relatively small numbers at the most recent rallies which, at least in larger cities, were outnumbered by counter-protesters.
(7) The truth of the redemption of all things in Christ, which is the message of the life-giving cross, must be reclaimed (Colossians 1:20; John 3:16).
(8) In practice, the individual executive will pay all expenses incurred – personal and business – and then reclaim the business expenses from the bank.” It said the bank had been “returned to financial health” in the past five years.
(9) He said: “Fifa remains committed to the reform process, which is critical to reclaiming public trust.
(10) But Rubio’s Pac, Reclaim America, hopes to benefit from wealthy individual donors including the Miami car dealer Norman Braman, the former owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, who is believed to have pledged at least $10m.
(11) "Owning" the ageing process instead of fighting it makes it easier to value our older selves, and reclaim – both individually and together – a sense of the lifecycle.
(12) That centre ground is a true and positive Euroscepticism and it is essential to reclaim it.
(13) Police used capsicum spray in the protests that saw UPF, Reclaim Australia , Rally Against Racism and United Against Islamophobia holding separate protests and clashing with each other.
(14) The past year has also witnessed the rise of ultra rightwing movements such as Reclaim Australia and the Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA), the local offshoot of a party inspired by the Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders.
(15) Boyling used the name Jim Sutton between 1995 and 2000 in the campaign Reclaim the Streets, which organised nonviolent protests against cars, such as blocking roads and holding street parties.
(16) Later, I go to nearby Eden for the opening night of Reclaim the Dancefloor.
(17) There is nothing in this list of principles which supports labels such as “racists” and “bigots” – the labels which are so quickly attributed to Reclaim Australia’s supporters.
(18) Six months after closing down the News of the World, he bids to reclaim at least 2 million of his Sunday readers with a seventh-day Sun, to "build on the Sun's proud heritage".
(19) Without the leftist counter-demonstration on Easter Saturday, it is unlikely that the Reclaim Australia protesters would have obtained significant attention.
(20) Most importantly, the idea of a fringe distant from the mainstream obscures the complex ideological and organisational links between movements like Reclaim and mainstream politics.
Repossess
Definition:
(v. t.) To possess again; as, to repossess the land.
Example Sentences:
(1) Shelter’s analysis of MoJ figures highlights high-risk hotspots across the country where families are particularly at risk of losing their homes, with households in Newham, east London, most exposed to the possibility of eviction or repossession, with one in every 36 homes threatened.
(2) He wound up repossessing the cars of workers who fled town after the bust.
(3) Mortgage lenders are failing to follow rules designed to help people avoid repossession, according to a damning report published today.
(4) The owners of a wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight won a repossession order today in their attempt to end an occupation of the plant by workers protesting at planned job losses.
(5) But by 2007 work dried up and we were struggling to pay the mortgage, leading to our home being repossessed.
(6) A record number of Americans are having their homes repossessed.
(7) A worse slump than expected means many more unemployed and thousands more homes repossessed.
(8) Therefore, possible future increases in unemployment or interest rates may cause a further wave of repossessions," said S&P credit analyst Neil Monro.
(9) Repossessions rise and properties lose 40% of their value.
(10) The difference between the two sets of repossession figures is due to the fact that the FSA data includes all lenders, including those offering second charge mortgages, while the CML only publishes figures on first charge loans advanced by its members.
(11) Figures from the Ministry of Justice show that 11,100 properties were repossessed by bailiffs between July and September this year , the highest quarterly figure since records began in 2000.
(12) "The UK deficit is the result of vital government action to keep the economy afloat and prevent the levels of unemployment, business closures and repossessions seen in previous recessions."
(13) The homelessness charity Crisis said the repossession figures showed the economic downturn had become "a human crisis" and that thousands of people were now at risk of homelessness.
(14) The housing minister, Margaret Beckett, said: "We know that some families are worried about their mortgage payments right now, and we are determined to do everything possible to ensure repossession is always a last resort.
(15) In its latest analysis of the Irish property market at the start of 2014, the ratings agency Fitch said one in five houses where mortgages had been in arrears for three months or more was likely to be repossessed.
(16) I understand what is happening to ordinary working people – their jobs are being lost, their families and the future of their children are being threatened, their houses are being repossessed and they are looking around for someone to give them help.
(17) Business failures and house repossessions were at record levels.
(18) The scheme, which aims to prevent people spiralling into debt, home repossession and relationship breakdown when they lose their jobs, is being considered by the party's policy review, chaired by MP Jon Cruddas .
(19) The Moody's report's key conclusion was relatively positive – it predicted that a combination of "lender forbearance and manageable affordability" would help older borrowers manage to avoid repossession.
(20) Mortgage-holders who bought council houses have a far higher rate of repossession than other groups of home owners.