Commandeer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commandeer \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.


        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  commandeer
       v : take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the
           plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: {hijack}, {highjack}, {pirate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "commandeer":
     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