commandeer
commandeer
verbDefinition of COMMANDEER
1
to take control of (a vehicle) by force <an airliner commandeered by terrorists>
Synonyms hijack (also highjack)
2
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right <commandeered all of the equipment, as if the chem lab belonged solely to him>
Synonyms arrogate, commandeer, convert, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurp
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