revendicate

Definition of "revendicate"
  1. The act of asserting legal rights over a specific piece of property, particularly to confirm ownership and retrieve possession from an individual who is unlawfully in possession of it
How to use "revendicate" in a sentence
  1. The homeowner decided to revendicate her property when she discovered someone else was unlawfully living in it.
  2. The company tried to revendicate its digital assets that had been seized incorrectly.
  3. When the artwork was found in a collector's home, the museum decided to revendicate it, as it had been stolen decades earlier.

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