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commandeer

(kɒməndɪəʳ)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense commandeers, present participle commandeering, past tense, past participle commandeered

1. verb

If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.

The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital and occupied the television station. [VERB noun]

They drove in convoy round the city in commandeered cars. [VERB-ed]

Synonyms: seize, appropriate, hijack, confiscate More Synonyms of commandeer

2. verb

To commandeer something owned by someone else means to take charge of it so that you can use it.

[disapproval]

He decides to commandeer their room. [VERB noun]

The hijacker commandeered the plane on a domestic flight. [VERB noun]

commandeer in British English

(ˌkɒmənˈdɪə)

verb (transitive)

to seize for public or military use

to seize arbitrarily

Word origin

C19: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander to command

commandeer in American English

(ˌkɑmənˈdɪr)

verb transitive

to force into military service

to seize (property) for military or government use

3. Informal

to take forcibly

Word origin

Du kommandeeren, to command, (esp. Afrik) to commandeer < OFr comander, command

Examples of 'commandeer' in a sentence
commandeer

After emerging from a manhole he commandeered a car from a woman.

(verb) in the sense of seize

Definition

to take as if by right

The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital.

Synonyms

seize

Police were reported to have seized all copies of the newspaper.

appropriate

Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea.

hijack

Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.

confiscate

They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.

requisition

The vessel was requisitioned by the navy.

sequester

Everything he owned was sequestered.

expropriate (formal)

The Bolsheviks expropriated the property of the landowners.

sequestrate

Additional synonyms

in the sense of appropriate

Definition

to take for one's own use without permission

Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea.

Synonyms

seize,

take,

claim,

assume,

take over,

acquire,

confiscate,

annex,

usurp,

impound,

pre-empt,

commandeer,

take possession of,

expropriate (formal),

arrogate

in the sense of confiscate

Definition

to seize (property) by authority

They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.

Synonyms

seize,

appropriate,

impound,

commandeer,

sequester,

expropriate (formal),

sequestrate

in the sense of expropriate

Definition

(of a government or other official body) to take (money or property) away from its owners

The Bolsheviks expropriated the property of the landowners.

Synonyms

seize,

take,

appropriate,

confiscate,

assume,

take over,

take away,

commandeer,

requisition,

arrogate

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单词	commandeer
释义	Trends of commandeer View usage for: commandeer (kɒməndɪəʳ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense commandeers, present participle commandeering, past tense, past participle commandeered 1. verb If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it. The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital and occupied the television station. [VERB noun] They drove in convoy round the city in commandeered cars. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: seize, appropriate, hijack, confiscate More Synonyms of commandeer 2. verb To commandeer something owned by someone else means to take charge of it so that you can use it. [disapproval] He decides to commandeer their room. [VERB noun] The hijacker commandeered the plane on a domestic flight. [VERB noun] commandeer in British English (ˌkɒmənˈdɪə) verb (transitive) 1. to seize for public or military use 2. to seize arbitrarily Word origin C19: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander to command commandeer in American English (ˌkɑmənˈdɪr) verb transitive 1. to force into military service 2. to seize (property) for military or government use 3. Informal to take forcibly Word origin Du kommandeeren, to command, (esp. Afrik) to commandeer < OFr comander, command Examples of 'commandeer' in a sentence commandeer After emerging from a manhole he commandeered a car from a woman. Times, Sunday Times (2009) (verb) in the sense of seize Definition to take as if by right The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital. Synonyms seize Police were reported to have seized all copies of the newspaper. appropriate Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea. hijack Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk. confiscate They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material. requisition The vessel was requisitioned by the navy. sequester Everything he owned was sequestered. expropriate (formal) The Bolsheviks expropriated the property of the landowners. sequestrate Additional synonyms in the sense of appropriate Definition to take for one's own use without permission Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea. Synonyms seize, take, claim, assume, take over, acquire, confiscate, annex, usurp, impound, pre-empt, commandeer, take possession of, expropriate (formal), arrogate in the sense of confiscate Definition to seize (property) by authority They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material. Synonyms seize, appropriate, impound, commandeer, sequester, expropriate (formal), sequestrate in the sense of expropriate Definition (of a government or other official body) to take (money or property) away from its owners The Bolsheviks expropriated the property of the landowners. Synonyms seize, take, appropriate, confiscate, assume, take over, take away, commandeer, requisition, arrogate Nearby words of commandeer comical coming command commandeer commander commanding commemorate Synonyms of 'commandeer' commandeer Explore 'commandeer' in the dictionary
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