Meaning of COMMANDEER
| Pronunciation: | | `kâmun'deer
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| | Definition: | | [v] take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" |
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| | Synonyms: | | highjack, hijack, pirate |
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| | See Also: | | carjack, seize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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 seize for
military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.
2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.]
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| | Related Terms: | | accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, attach, call up, collectivize, communalize, communize, confiscate, conscript, detach, detach for service, distrain, draft, enlist, enroll, expropriate, garnish, impound, impress, induct, join, levy, list, mobilize, muster, muster in, nationalize, preempt, press, raise, recruit, replevin, replevy, seize, sequester, sequestrate, sign on, sign up, socialize, summon, take, usurp |
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