Commandeering

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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.]