commandeer+(verb)

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• 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 — verb (T) to take someone else s property for your own use, especially during the war: The local hotel was commandeered for the wounded …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• commandeer — verb dozens of private homes were commandeered by the army Syn: seize, take, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequestrate, sequester, confiscate, annex, take over, claim, preempt; hijack, arrogate, help oneself to; informal walk off with;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• 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 — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. confiscate, usurp, appropriate, seize. See acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To force into military service] Syn. draft, conscript, activate; see enlist 1 , enslave , recruit 1 . 2. [To seize for …   English dictionary for students

• commandeer — com|man|deer [ ,kamən dır ] verb transitive 1. ) to officially take someone s property for military use 2. ) to take something that belongs to someone else …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• commandeer — [ˌkɒmən dɪə] verb officially take possession or control of for military purposes. ↘seize for one s own purposes. Origin C19: from Afrik. kommandeer, from Du. commanderen, from Fr. commander command …   English new terms dictionary

• commandeer — [ˌkɒmənˈdɪə] verb [T] to officially take someone s property for military use …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English