restitute

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Like museums all over the world, the Met has been buffeted in recent years by growing calls to restitute works that law enforcement officials and foreign governments have said it has no right to.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024

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 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 Español Government will make de Angleese restitute.

From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon