commandeer

commandeer
v
1. draft, induct, conscript, con-scribe, impress, press, Naut. shanghai, crimp; recruit, enlist, Archaic. list, muster in, levy; activate, call up, mobilize.
2. seize, take possession of, expropriate, appropriate, misappropriate, arrogate, assume; requisition, confiscate, impound, Law. distrain; wrest from, take from, usurp, accroach; help oneself to, make free with.
3. abduct, take by force, carry off, steal, kidnap; hijack, skyjack; deerjack; pirate, plunder, rob, rape, pillage, ravage.
4. coerce, compel, force, pressure, Inf. strong-arm, dragoon; oblige, constrain; bulldoze, browbeat, bully, intimidate.

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  • Commandeer — Com man*deer , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commandeered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commandeering}.] [D. kommandeeren to command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr. F. commander to command. See {Command}.] 1. (Mil.) To compel to perform military service; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • commandeer — [käm΄ən dir′] vt. [Du kommandeeren, to command, (esp. Afrik) to commandeer < OFr comander,COMMAND] 1. to force into military service 2. to seize (property) for military or government use 3. Informal to take forcibly …   English World dictionary

  • commandeer — index assume (seize), carry away, deprive, garnish, hijack, procure, seize (confiscate) …   Law dictionary

  • commandeer — (v.) 1881, from Du. (esp. Afrikaans) kommandeeren to command (for military service), from Fr. commander (see COMMAND (Cf. command)). Related: Commandeered; commandeering …   Etymology dictionary

  • commandeer — [v] seize, take over accroach, activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, moonlight requisition*, preempt, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, snatch, take, usurp;… …   New thesaurus

  • commandeer — ► VERB 1) officially take possession of for military purposes. 2) seize for one s own purposes. ORIGIN Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen command …   English terms dictionary

  • commandeer — [[t]kɒ̱məndɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] commandeers, commandeering, 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. [V n] The soldiers commandeered… …   English dictionary

  • commandeer — UK [ˌkɒmənˈdɪə(r)] / US [ˌkɑmənˈdɪr] verb [transitive] Word forms commandeer : present tense I/you/we/they commandeer he/she/it commandeers present participle commandeering past tense commandeered past participle commandeered 1) to officially… …   English dictionary

  • commandeer — /kɒmənˈdɪə / (say komuhn dear) verb (t) 1. to order or force into active military service. 2. to seize (private property) for military or other public use. 3. to seize arbitrarily: *As the tide of republicanism has risen in Australia, the… …  

  • commandeer — transitive verb Etymology: Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander to command, from Old French comander Date: 1881 1. a. to compel to perform military service b. to seize for military purposes 2. to take arbitra …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • commandeer — /kom euhn dear /, v.t. 1. to order or force into active military service. 2. to seize (private property) for military or other public use: The police officer commandeered a taxi and took off after the getaway car. 3. to seize arbitrarily. [1880… …   Universalium

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