Thesaurus results for COMMANDEERED

commandeered

verb

Definition of commandeered next

past tense of commandeer

as in hijacked

to take control of (a vehicle) by force an airliner commandeered by terrorists

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as in seized

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

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Recent Examples of commandeered After being commandeered into a hospital during World War I, the hotel was purchased in 1957 by Jeanne Augier, who restored the property’s former glory—and then some. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026 The mass grave by the University of Sudan, which was near a building the RSF commandeered as a detention center, likely contains thousands of corpses, al-Abidin said. —

Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026 As Afeef shared from Ras Beirut’s Public Secondary School, many of the displaced are sleeping in school buildings, which have been commandeered as emergency shelters for hundreds of people. —

Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026 In a hilarious video of the interaction, the former Memphis Grizzlies star — who had 25 points and three blocks in the game — stood stock still as Mandel commandeered the interview. —

Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026 Police say that when the friend refused, Rosas punched him in the face, knocking out his tooth, and commandeered the car. —

Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026 Sonoma State commandeered the spotlight, announcing the discontinuation of its sports department due to a hefty $24 million budget deficit. —

Ryan Curry, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2026 The singer/songwriter/producer who has commandeered the charts for decades with more than 30 Top 40 pop and adult contemporary hits can easily zigzag topics, whether music past and current, shaking a martini, or applying moisturizer. —

Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 Schwarzenegger commandeered the stage with then-wife Maria Shriver to thank the crowds for the stellar turnout. —

René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026

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There, he gradually gets caught up in the criminal underworld that hijacked the country’s privatization following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

— Big Think, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
The defense has argued that the plot to arrest Moïse was ultimately hijacked and he was killed by his own security forces, not the Colombian commandos hired by CTU’s partners.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026