COMMANDEER


Meaning of COMMANDEER in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If the armed forces ~ a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.

The soldiers ~ed vehicles in the capital and occupied the television station...

They drove in convoy round the city in ~ed cars.

= requisition

VERB: V n, V-ed

2.

To ~ something owned by someone else means to take charge of it so that you can use it.

The hijacker ~ed the plane on a domestic flight.

= appropriate

VERB: V n disapproval

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