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replevin

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8 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈplɛvɪn/Sorted eeilnprvStarts with REnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A legal action to recover wrongfully taken personal property.

Word origin

Anglo-Norman, from Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (apparently from a Germanic word which was also the source of English pledge).

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  • Arranged about her are artificial flowers that appear in their varied pale and pastel colors to be faded from the sun. As if perhaps replevined from some desert grave.

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