repossession

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

repossession
    n 1: the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure
         of collateral securing a loan that is in default)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Repossession \Re`pos*ses"sion\ (r?`p?z-z?sh"?n or -p?s s?sh"?n),
   n.
   The act or the state of possessing again.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "repossession":
      disendowment, disherison, disinheritance, disownment,
      dispossession, disseisin, eviction, expropriation, foreclosure,
      ransom, recapture, reclaiming, reclamation, recoup, recoupment,
      recovery, recuperation, redemption, regainment, reoccupation,
      replevin, replevy, repossessing, restoration, resumption, retake,
      retaking, retrieval, retrieve, revindication, revival, salvage,
      trover