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replevin
noun
an action to recover personal property unlawfully taken; the writ or procedure of such action
verb
(
transitive
) to replevy
1998
: 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. " Cormac McCarthy
?
,
Cities of the Plain
Etymology:
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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