preowned
or pre-owned
[ pree-ohnd ]
adjective
previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
Origin of preowned
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How to use preowned in a sentence
Since ATF traces only to the first retail sale, it can’t see if someone bought a preowned gun at a pawnshop and then used it in a crime the next day, for example.
The U.S. Has A Lot Of Guns Involved In Crimes But Very Little Data On Where They Came From | Joshua Eaton (joshua.eaton2@gmail.com) | November 2, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight
British Dictionary definitions for preowned
preowned
/ (ˌpriːˈəʊnd) /
adjective
euphemistic already used; second-hand
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