COMMANDEER


Meaning of COMMANDEER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkä-mən-ˈdir ]

transitive verb

Etymology: Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander to command, from Old French comander

Date: 1881

1.

a. : to compel to perform military service

b. : to seize for military purposes

2. : to take arbitrary or forcible possession of

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.