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commandeer Synonyms

commandeer

v.

  1. To force into military service

    draft, conscript, activate; see enlist 1, enslave, recruit 1.

  2. To seize for public use

    appropriate, sequester, confiscate; see seize 2.

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verb
  1. To take quick and forcible possession of:

    confiscate, expropriate, grab, seize, snatch. Idiom: help oneself to. See give
  2. To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right:

    appropriate, arrogate, assume, preempt, seize, take, usurp. See give
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  • commandeering
  • commandeers
  • commandeered
  • appropriate
  • skyjack
  • seize
  • usurp
  • arrogate
  • confiscate
  • preempt

Words near commandeer in the dictionary


  • commandeer
  • commandants
  • commandatory
  • commanded
  • commandedness
  • commandeered
  • commandeering
  • commandeers
  • commander
  • commander-in-chief

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