• MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    No, at least not in the US. It does not meet the legal definition of theft because (I believe) the property was initially acquired legally.

    Otherwise, the police would be doing repo for things like delinquent car loans, which is dystopian corporate hellscape stuff.