restitute

Example Sentences

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He would like to see "more freedom for museums, but then a kind of backstop, a committee where we would have to appeal if we wanted to restitute items".

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

The panel advised the bank to restitute the 1907 tempera painting, “Colorful Life,” to the heirs of Emanuel Albert Lewenstein, the director of a sewing machine factory, and his wife, Hedwig Lewenstein Weyermann.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2023

The decision to restitute them follows several years of contacts between Berlin’s museum authority and Colombia, and an official Colombian request last year for their return.

From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Macron said the 26 pieces will be given back at the end of October, “because to restitute these works to Africa is to give African young people access to their culture.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2021

The fact is she adores her son, and her heart is breaking at the idea that he may be obliged to restitute what he has stolen from me.

From The Widow Lerouge by Gaboriau, Émile