commandeer (redirected from commandeering)

com·man·deer  (kmn-dîr)

tr.v. com·man·deered, com·man·deer·ing, com·man·deers

1. To force into military service.

2. To seize for military use; confiscate.

3. To take arbitrarily or by force. See Synonyms at appropriate.

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[Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander, to command, from Old French comander; see command.]

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commandeer [ˌkɒmənˈdɪə]

vb (tr)

1. to seize for public or military use

2. to seize arbitrarily

[from Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander to command]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

commandeer - take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" highjack, hijack, pirate crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" seize - take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" skyjack - subject an aircraft to air piracy; "the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan" carjack - take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it; "My car was carjacked last night!"

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commandeer

verb seize, appropriate, hijack, confiscate, requisition, sequester, expropriate, sequestrate The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital.

Translations

commandeer [ˌkɒmənˈdɪəʳ] VT

1. (= requisition) [+ building, stores, ship etc] → requisar, expropiar; [+ men] → reclutar a la fuerza

2. → tomar, apropiarse(de)

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commandeer [ˌkɒmənˈdɪə^r] vt

(MILITARY) [+ vehicle, building] → réquisitionner (par la force)

(= take possession of) → s'approprier

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commandeer

vt (Mil) men → einziehen; (from another battalion, fig) → abbeordern, abkommandieren; stores, ship, car etc (lit, fig) → beschlagnahmen, requirieren

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commandeer [ˌkɒmənˈdɪəʳ] vt → requisire

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commandeer

v commandeer [komənˈdiə]

to seize (private property) for use by the army etc during wartime They commandeered the castle. kommandeer يُصادِر لأغْراض عَسْكَرِيَّه реквизирам zabrat beslaglægge requirieren, beschlagnahmen επιτάσσω requisar rekvireerima مصادره کردن takavarikoida réquisitionner לְהַחֲרִים छीन लेना, बेगार में लेना rekvirirati, silom oduzeti katonai célra igénybe vesz mengambil alih gera upptækan requisire 徴用する 징집하다 rekvizuoti, nusavinti rekvizēt merampas rekwireren rekvirere rekwirować requisitar a rechi­ziţiona реквизировать zabrať zaseči, rekvirirati rekvirirati rekvirera, beslagta เกณฑ์คนเพื่อเข้ารบ el koymak 徵用, 強徵 реквізувати فوج کے لئے اشیاء کو حاصل کرنا trưng dụng cho quân đội 征用, 霸占