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Commandeer

To seize for military use.

📖 Definitions of "Commandeer"

verb

1
To seize for military use.
2
To force into military service.
3
To take arbitrarily or by force.

🔄 Synonyms of "Commandeer"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
expropriateverb	(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
piratenoun	(crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
highjackverb	Alternative spelling of hijack. [To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).]
hijackverb	To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Commandeer"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hijackverb	To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
highjackverb	Alternative spelling of hijack. [To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).]
expropriateverb	(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
pirateverb	(transitive, copyright law) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
requisitionverb	(transitive) To demand something, especially for a military need of staff, supplies, or transport.
needverb	(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
co-optverb	(transitive) To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
seizeverb	(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
capturenoun	An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
seize uponverb	To take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to (a plan, idea, ideology, cause, practice, method, etc.); to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.
overcrowverb	(obsolete, transitive) To take over.
take oververb	To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
take possessionverb	To become the owner. [with of]
carryverb	(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
reappropriateverb	(sociology) To reclaim a term that was previously used to disparage the reclaimers' own social group.
occupyverb	To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
militarizeverb	To train or equip for war.
invadeverb	(transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
apprehendverb	(transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.