commandeer

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(idea) by Txikwa (2.6 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Sep 20 2001 at 15:27:54

To seize for military purposes, or to compel stores or facilities for the use of the military.

Now used more widely, e.g. The robber commandeered the Mayor's limousine.

Originally from the Afrikaans.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Mon Jan 23 2006 at 15:03:13

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.

2.

To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.]

 

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