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commandeering Definition


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commandeer
verb commandeered, commandeering
    1. To seize (property) for military use in wartime, official use in an emergency, etc.
    2. To seize without justification.
      Thesaurus: seize, appropriate, hijack, usurp.
Etymology: 19c: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander to command.



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