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commandeer

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of commandeer

1 to take control of (a vehicle) by force

an airliner commandeered by terrorists

Synonyms of commandeer

hijack (also highjack)

Words Related to commandeer

carjack, skyjack

appropriate, confiscate, expropriate, seize

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 of commandeer

appropriate, arrogate, convert, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurp

Words Related to commandeer

annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequester

assume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrest

despoil, loot, pillage

encroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespass

embezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate

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