Commandeer

Word COMMANDEER
Character 10
Hyphenation com man deer
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Commandeer"

What do we mean by commandeer?

To seize for military or police use; confiscate. transitive verb

To take arbitrarily or by force: synonym: appropriate. transitive verb

To force into military service. transitive verb

To order (the enrolled militia) into active military service: originally with reference to the late Dutch republics of South Africa, which were charged with forcing aliens also into the military service.

To seize private property for military or other public use.

To seize public or private property for private use, under color of military necessity or right; steal from a helpless victim.

The act of commandeering. noun

To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers. transitive verb

To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. transitive verb

To seize for military use. verb

To force into military service. verb

To take arbitrarily or by force. verb

Take arbitrarily or by force verb

To seize for military use.

To force into military service.

To take arbitrarily or by force.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Commandeer

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The word "commandeer" in example sentences

But neither can the federal government force California to keep similar drug laws on its own books, nor to "commandeer" state agencies to enforce federal drug laws. ❋ David Borden (2010)

In February, the Achenbaums sued Credit Suisse's Column Financial unit for wrongful termination in Miami-Dade County circuit court, alleging among other things that Column took steps to "commandeer" the hotel, replacing them with a hotel operator whose inexperience will "inevitably result in inferior services." ❋ Laura Landro (2010)

So, can local governments "commandeer" the time of private citizens for jury duty? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Once he reached the manor, he would see Mero, and "commandeer" him to replace his sick servant. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1991)

The ground was hard, and it got very cold about 2 A.M. I could hear the sergeant-major snoring comfortably on the straw palliasse he had managed to "commandeer" for himself. ❋ George Herbert Fosdike Nichols (N/A)

For example, the Court has invalidated laws that regulate criminal activity with no national repercussions, and laws that "commandeer" state governments. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The police would do things such as commandeer taxis for themselves while forcing other passengers into the street, they said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Nevada Appeal in Carson City, Nev., reported Thursday that the FBI told the governors of all 50 states they would be receiving letters from a group warning them that if they don't resign, group members will "commandeer" their offices. ❋ Unknown (2010)

NEW YORK - A self-described celebrity stalker obsessed with Ivanka Trump threatened to kill himself in her jewelry store and "commandeer" her husband's newspaper in e-mail and Twitter messages to the couple, prosecutors said Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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