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Commandeered
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. 2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.]
Commandeer
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. 2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.]

Meaning of Commandeered from wikipedia

- Commandeering is an act of appropriation by the military or police whereby they take possession of the property of a member of the public. In United States...
- A copyfraud is a false copyright claim by an individual or institution with respect to content that is in the public domain. Such claims are unlawful,...
- residences were commandeered from universities, colleges, and other provincial institutions. Basic training facilities were commandeered from private schools...
- sister RFA Surf Patrol were originally ordered by Polish owners but were commandeered by the Admiralty whilst building during the Korean War. She was launched...
- sister RFA Surf Pioneer were originally ordered by Polish owners but were commandeered by the Admiralty whilst under construction during the Korean War. Surf...
- Nationalist Party (BNP). On the night of 30 May, a group of officers commandeered the Chittagong Circuit House, a government residence where Rahman was...
- sank. It was alleged that the Cuban coast guard deliberately sank the commandeered vessel and then refused to rescue some of the p****engers. The Cuban government...
- France, the buildings at numbers 82 and 86, either side of 84, were also commandeered by the German occupation forces. Number 84 was used for the interrogation...
- the ship of the mythical pirate José Gaspar (Gasparilla), supposedly commandeered from the navy of Spain This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
- Damir Igrić (September 21, 1972 – October 3, 2001), a Croatian man, commandeered a Greyhound Lines bus en route from Chicago to Orlando, Florida. He slashed...