Definition of commandeer in English:

commandeer

verb ˌkɒmənˈdɪəˌkɑmənˈdɪr

[with object]

1Officially take possession or control of (something), especially for military purposes.
征用（尤指作为军用）
a nearby house had been commandeered by the army
Example sentencesExamples
- For our ride back down the mountain, we were able to commandeer a covered jeep to carry a few of our more beleaguered compatriots, but the rest of us begrudgingly climbed back into the rear of our now-notorious truck.
- She remembered when Syrup and she had been recruits in the army, learning the basics of war and commandeering a ship together.
- Expect troops to be sent across picket lines to commandeer the red fire engines.
- It used this influx of cash to help build up its war-machine, it commandeered aid vehicles for its own purposes and, by diverting aid supplies, helped feed its armies…
- What other company director, though, can pick up a telephone and commandeer the back pages of the next day's newspapers?
- After waiting hours, they learned government officials had commandeered their buses to evacuate others.
- Others have not be able to return to their land and houses that have been commandeered by the military as High Security Zones.
- The house and the estate owned by the Cracroft Wilson family was commandeered by the U.S. army.
- The People's Liberation Army could commandeer an enormous range of civilian assets that would contribute directly to its capabilities.
- The Union campaign was going to commandeer wagons to haul their supplies but found fewer than 50 wagons in the entire valley.
- It reopened to the public yesterday after it was commandeered two years ago for a US military base.
- It reopened to the public… after it was commandeered two years ago for a US military base.
- The army was checking reports that troops had commandeered a house inside Zone A territory.
- ‘THE Army and police will commandeer coaches and trains to move hundreds of thousands of Londoners out of the city in the event of a massive terrorist attack’.
- In the case of a political crisis or a state of war, the government can commandeer state-owned aircraft, although on this occasion it was a request.
- There were, for example, many local officials around the country who commandeered transport to bring voters to polling stations.
- These laws already give police sweeping powers to take control of services and commandeer buildings and equipment.
- They will be given the authority to enlist any member of the public to help civil defence staff and to commandeer equipment or strategic buildings.
- Oliver Cromwell commandeered the school for his military government in Scotland, and is even reputed to have fired on Edinburgh Castle from the grounds in 1650 before turning it into a military hospital.
- Chandler and his control team were commandeering juggernauts to block off the dock piers one at a time.
Synonyms
seize, take, take possession of, take away, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequestrate, sequester, confiscate, annex, take over, claim, lay claim to, pre-empt, secure
hijack, arrogate, arrogate to oneself, help oneself to, carry off, loot, grab
informal walk off with
Law distrain, attach, disseize
Scottish Law poind
1. 1.1 Take possession of (something) by force.
  强占，强取；强征
  the truck was commandeered by a mob
  Example sentencesExamples
  Chechen hijackers commandeered a Russian passenger jet to Turkey in protest.
  Elizabeth's childhood friend, Will Turner, joins forces with Jack to commandeer the fastest ship in the British fleet.
  A power utility manager was kidnapped along with two guards, by armed men who commandeered their car, tribal agency officials said.
  They had all this food they commandeered from the local people.
  Hijackers commandeered four passenger jets.
  For make no mistake, terrorism is the enemy of the state, out to destroy the state or to commandeer it for evil purposes.
  Striking workers and the local population have commandeered over three dozen oil wells to force negotiations for a bigger share of oil revenues.
  On January 8, 1880, a group of over 150 miners commandeered a train and forced the conductor to take them to Hawks Nest without pay.
  So, after some plotting, the pair commandeer an ice cream truck and hit the road with granny chilling in the freezer.
  The pickup driver complied with the police order, but quickly fled from the truck, pulled out a handgun and commandeered a passing 2003 Toyota Corolla with two occupants.
  First he gets kicked out of two different militaries, then he illegally commandeers an army base, and then he loses the capitol of the world.
  The second incident occurred on the same day when a vehicle was commandeered by a group of nine refugees who forced their way into the vehicle.
  Mumbling and spewing obscenities as he staggered about the stage - which he had commandeered by threatening to beat up the previous M.C.
  Truck bombs, commandeering of commercial aircraft, and credit card fraud appear to have been the primary tools used by those who have done us great harm.
  The hijackers, who commandeered the plane to Mogadishu, had demanded the release of members of the BaaderMeinhof terrorist group imprisoned in Germany.
  Synonyms
  take, take for oneself, help oneself to, use as one's own, abscond with, carry off, appropriate, abstract
2. 1.2with object and infinitive Enlist (someone) to help in a task.
  （尤指强行）征召（某人）服役
  he commandeered the men to find a table
  他强行命令那些人去找张桌子来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But her enthusiastic account of the local food scene made such an impression on programme producer David Pritchard that he commandeered her for part of the film.
  As we waited for the Federal attack through a cold, dense fog, I was commandeered by General A.P. Hill to act as a courier for him as well as General Stuart.
  The little girls in school with him played princess, and they would commandeer him because he was nice and he would go along with it, and make him into their frog-prince, or, more often, the big-bad-wolf.
  To keep supplies and equipment flowing into the theater, local laborers were hired and combat troops were commandeered to offload ships.
  But after I told Neil I had been a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games and done boxing reporting he immediately commandeered me to do more work.
  Local Afghan truck drivers were commandeered to transport between 200 and 300 prisoners in each container.
  Instead, he commandeers a couple of people who are at an even lower level than himself, people he can lead, raise up to his level and, if necessary, then reject.
  Everyone is commandeered for the task of kepping Tibet alive until our homeland is restored
  They want to be able to say that they did not commandeer us, but they know that they can trust us not to be really impartial.
  The limousine driver was exactly where we left him, and I commandeered him to drive us to my place.
  The ministry should take the lead to commandeer the general public to clean up public places like schools, bars, markets and taverns which form the core of a high-risk reference point before the rains.
  There is a New York City cop who lost friends in the attack and who has been commandeered to accompany people on these boat rides, three times a day.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen, from French commander 'to command' (see command).

Rhymes

adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre

Definition of commandeer in US English:

commandeer

verbˌkɑmənˈdɪrˌkämənˈdir

[with object]

1Officially take possession or control of (something), especially for military purposes.
征用（尤指作为军用）
telegraph and telephone lines were commandeered by the generals
Example sentencesExamples
- After waiting hours, they learned government officials had commandeered their buses to evacuate others.
- Expect troops to be sent across picket lines to commandeer the red fire engines.
- It used this influx of cash to help build up its war-machine, it commandeered aid vehicles for its own purposes and, by diverting aid supplies, helped feed its armies…
- These laws already give police sweeping powers to take control of services and commandeer buildings and equipment.
- It reopened to the public… after it was commandeered two years ago for a US military base.
- In the case of a political crisis or a state of war, the government can commandeer state-owned aircraft, although on this occasion it was a request.
- Chandler and his control team were commandeering juggernauts to block off the dock piers one at a time.
- Others have not be able to return to their land and houses that have been commandeered by the military as High Security Zones.
- The house and the estate owned by the Cracroft Wilson family was commandeered by the U.S. army.
- ‘THE Army and police will commandeer coaches and trains to move hundreds of thousands of Londoners out of the city in the event of a massive terrorist attack’.
- What other company director, though, can pick up a telephone and commandeer the back pages of the next day's newspapers?
- She remembered when Syrup and she had been recruits in the army, learning the basics of war and commandeering a ship together.
- They will be given the authority to enlist any member of the public to help civil defence staff and to commandeer equipment or strategic buildings.
- The People's Liberation Army could commandeer an enormous range of civilian assets that would contribute directly to its capabilities.
- For our ride back down the mountain, we were able to commandeer a covered jeep to carry a few of our more beleaguered compatriots, but the rest of us begrudgingly climbed back into the rear of our now-notorious truck.
- Oliver Cromwell commandeered the school for his military government in Scotland, and is even reputed to have fired on Edinburgh Castle from the grounds in 1650 before turning it into a military hospital.
- The Union campaign was going to commandeer wagons to haul their supplies but found fewer than 50 wagons in the entire valley.
- There were, for example, many local officials around the country who commandeered transport to bring voters to polling stations.
- The army was checking reports that troops had commandeered a house inside Zone A territory.
- It reopened to the public yesterday after it was commandeered two years ago for a US military base.
Synonyms
seize, take, take possession of, take away, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequestrate, sequester, confiscate, annex, take over, claim, lay claim to, pre-empt, secure
1. 1.1 Take possession of (something) without authority.
  强占，强取；强征
  he hoisted himself onto a table, commandeering it as a speaker's platform
  Example sentencesExamples
  Striking workers and the local population have commandeered over three dozen oil wells to force negotiations for a bigger share of oil revenues.
  Mumbling and spewing obscenities as he staggered about the stage - which he had commandeered by threatening to beat up the previous M.C.
  The pickup driver complied with the police order, but quickly fled from the truck, pulled out a handgun and commandeered a passing 2003 Toyota Corolla with two occupants.
  On January 8, 1880, a group of over 150 miners commandeered a train and forced the conductor to take them to Hawks Nest without pay.
  The second incident occurred on the same day when a vehicle was commandeered by a group of nine refugees who forced their way into the vehicle.
  They had all this food they commandeered from the local people.
  Hijackers commandeered four passenger jets.
  Chechen hijackers commandeered a Russian passenger jet to Turkey in protest.
  For make no mistake, terrorism is the enemy of the state, out to destroy the state or to commandeer it for evil purposes.
  The hijackers, who commandeered the plane to Mogadishu, had demanded the release of members of the BaaderMeinhof terrorist group imprisoned in Germany.
  So, after some plotting, the pair commandeer an ice cream truck and hit the road with granny chilling in the freezer.
  First he gets kicked out of two different militaries, then he illegally commandeers an army base, and then he loses the capitol of the world.
  Elizabeth's childhood friend, Will Turner, joins forces with Jack to commandeer the fastest ship in the British fleet.
  Truck bombs, commandeering of commercial aircraft, and credit card fraud appear to have been the primary tools used by those who have done us great harm.
  A power utility manager was kidnapped along with two guards, by armed men who commandeered their car, tribal agency officials said.
  Synonyms
  take, take for oneself, help oneself to, use as one's own, abscond with, carry off, appropriate, abstract
2. 1.2 Enlist (someone) to help in a task, typically against the person's will.
  （尤指强行）征召（某人）服役
  he commandeered the men to find a table
  他强行命令那些人去找张桌子来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ministry should take the lead to commandeer the general public to clean up public places like schools, bars, markets and taverns which form the core of a high-risk reference point before the rains.
  As we waited for the Federal attack through a cold, dense fog, I was commandeered by General A.P. Hill to act as a courier for him as well as General Stuart.
  But her enthusiastic account of the local food scene made such an impression on programme producer David Pritchard that he commandeered her for part of the film.
  Instead, he commandeers a couple of people who are at an even lower level than himself, people he can lead, raise up to his level and, if necessary, then reject.
  Local Afghan truck drivers were commandeered to transport between 200 and 300 prisoners in each container.
  The little girls in school with him played princess, and they would commandeer him because he was nice and he would go along with it, and make him into their frog-prince, or, more often, the big-bad-wolf.
  Everyone is commandeered for the task of kepping Tibet alive until our homeland is restored
  There is a New York City cop who lost friends in the attack and who has been commandeered to accompany people on these boat rides, three times a day.
  To keep supplies and equipment flowing into the theater, local laborers were hired and combat troops were commandeered to offload ships.
  The limousine driver was exactly where we left him, and I commandeered him to drive us to my place.
  But after I told Neil I had been a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games and done boxing reporting he immediately commandeered me to do more work.
  They want to be able to say that they did not commandeer us, but they know that they can trust us not to be really impartial.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen, from French commander ‘to command’ (see command).

词汇	commandeer
释义	Definition of commandeer in English: commandeer verb ˌkɒmənˈdɪəˌkɑmənˈdɪr [with object] 1Officially take possession or control of (something), especially for military purposes. 征用（尤指作为军用） a nearby house had been commandeered by the army Example sentencesExamples For our ride back down the mountain, we were able to commandeer a covered jeep to carry a few of our more beleaguered compatriots, but the rest of us begrudgingly climbed back into the rear of our now-notorious truck. She remembered when Syrup and she had been recruits in the army, learning the basics of war and commandeering a ship together. Expect troops to be sent across picket lines to commandeer the red fire engines. It used this influx of cash to help build up its war-machine, it commandeered aid vehicles for its own purposes and, by diverting aid supplies, helped feed its armies… What other company director, though, can pick up a telephone and commandeer the back pages of the next day's newspapers? After waiting hours, they learned government officials had commandeered their buses to evacuate others. Others have not be able to return to their land and houses that have been commandeered by the military as High Security Zones. The house and the estate owned by the Cracroft Wilson family was commandeered by the U.S. army. The People's Liberation Army could commandeer an enormous range of civilian assets that would contribute directly to its capabilities. The Union campaign was going to commandeer wagons to haul their supplies but found fewer than 50 wagons in the entire valley. It reopened to the public yesterday after it was commandeered two years ago for a US military base. It reopened to the public… after it was commandeered two years ago for a US military base. The army was checking reports that troops had commandeered a house inside Zone A territory. ‘THE Army and police will commandeer coaches and trains to move hundreds of thousands of Londoners out of the city in the event of a massive terrorist attack’. In the case of a political crisis or a state of war, the government can commandeer state-owned aircraft, although on this occasion it was a request. There were, for example, many local officials around the country who commandeered transport to bring voters to polling stations. These laws already give police sweeping powers to take control of services and commandeer buildings and equipment. They will be given the authority to enlist any member of the public to help civil defence staff and to commandeer equipment or strategic buildings. Oliver Cromwell commandeered the school for his military government in Scotland, and is even reputed to have fired on Edinburgh Castle from the grounds in 1650 before turning it into a military hospital. Chandler and his control team were commandeering juggernauts to block off the dock piers one at a time. Synonyms seize, take, take possession of, take away, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequestrate, sequester, confiscate, annex, take over, claim, lay claim to, pre-empt, secure hijack, arrogate, arrogate to oneself, help oneself to, carry off, loot, grab informal walk off with Law distrain, attach, disseize Scottish Law poind 1.1 Take possession of (something) by force. 强占，强取；强征 the truck was commandeered by a mob Example sentencesExamples Chechen hijackers commandeered a Russian passenger jet to Turkey in protest. Elizabeth's childhood friend, Will Turner, joins forces with Jack to commandeer the fastest ship in the British fleet. A power utility manager was kidnapped along with two guards, by armed men who commandeered their car, tribal agency officials said. They had all this food they commandeered from the local people. Hijackers commandeered four passenger jets. For make no mistake, terrorism is the enemy of the state, out to destroy the state or to commandeer it for evil purposes. Striking workers and the local population have commandeered over three dozen oil wells to force negotiations for a bigger share of oil revenues. On January 8, 1880, a group of over 150 miners commandeered a train and forced the conductor to take them to Hawks Nest without pay. So, after some plotting, the pair commandeer an ice cream truck and hit the road with granny chilling in the freezer. The pickup driver complied with the police order, but quickly fled from the truck, pulled out a handgun and commandeered a passing 2003 Toyota Corolla with two occupants. First he gets kicked out of two different militaries, then he illegally commandeers an army base, and then he loses the capitol of the world. The second incident occurred on the same day when a vehicle was commandeered by a group of nine refugees who forced their way into the vehicle. Mumbling and spewing obscenities as he staggered about the stage - which he had commandeered by threatening to beat up the previous M.C. Truck bombs, commandeering of commercial aircraft, and credit card fraud appear to have been the primary tools used by those who have done us great harm. The hijackers, who commandeered the plane to Mogadishu, had demanded the release of members of the BaaderMeinhof terrorist group imprisoned in Germany. Synonyms take, take for oneself, help oneself to, use as one's own, abscond with, carry off, appropriate, abstract 1.2with object and infinitive Enlist (someone) to help in a task. （尤指强行）征召（某人）服役 he commandeered the men to find a table 他强行命令那些人去找张桌子来。 Example sentencesExamples But her enthusiastic account of the local food scene made such an impression on programme producer David Pritchard that he commandeered her for part of the film. As we waited for the Federal attack through a cold, dense fog, I was commandeered by General A.P. Hill to act as a courier for him as well as General Stuart. The little girls in school with him played princess, and they would commandeer him because he was nice and he would go along with it, and make him into their frog-prince, or, more often, the big-bad-wolf. To keep supplies and equipment flowing into the theater, local laborers were hired and combat troops were commandeered to offload ships. But after I told Neil I had been a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games and done boxing reporting he immediately commandeered me to do more work. Local Afghan truck drivers were commandeered to transport between 200 and 300 prisoners in each container. Instead, he commandeers a couple of people who are at an even lower level than himself, people he can lead, raise up to his level and, if necessary, then reject. Everyone is commandeered for the task of kepping Tibet alive until our homeland is restored They want to be able to say that they did not commandeer us, but they know that they can trust us not to be really impartial. The limousine driver was exactly where we left him, and I commandeered him to drive us to my place. The ministry should take the lead to commandeer the general public to clean up public places like schools, bars, markets and taverns which form the core of a high-risk reference point before the rains. There is a New York City cop who lost friends in the attack and who has been commandeered to accompany people on these boat rides, three times a day. Origin Early 19th century: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen, from French commander 'to command' (see command). Rhymes adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre Definition of commandeer in US English: commandeer verbˌkɑmənˈdɪrˌkämənˈdir [with object] 1Officially take possession or control of (something), especially for military purposes. 征用（尤指作为军用） telegraph and telephone lines were commandeered by the generals Example sentencesExamples After waiting hours, they learned government officials had commandeered their buses to evacuate others. Expect troops to be sent across picket lines to commandeer the red fire engines. It used this influx of cash to help build up its war-machine, it commandeered aid vehicles for its own purposes and, by diverting aid supplies, helped feed its armies… These laws already give police sweeping powers to take control of services and commandeer buildings and equipment. It reopened to the public… after it was commandeered two years ago for a US military base. In the case of a political crisis or a state of war, the government can commandeer state-owned aircraft, although on this occasion it was a request. Chandler and his control team were commandeering juggernauts to block off the dock piers one at a time. Others have not be able to return to their land and houses that have been commandeered by the military as High Security Zones. The house and the estate owned by the Cracroft Wilson family was commandeered by the U.S. army. ‘THE Army and police will commandeer coaches and trains to move hundreds of thousands of Londoners out of the city in the event of a massive terrorist attack’. What other company director, though, can pick up a telephone and commandeer the back pages of the next day's newspapers? She remembered when Syrup and she had been recruits in the army, learning the basics of war and commandeering a ship together. They will be given the authority to enlist any member of the public to help civil defence staff and to commandeer equipment or strategic buildings. The People's Liberation Army could commandeer an enormous range of civilian assets that would contribute directly to its capabilities. For our ride back down the mountain, we were able to commandeer a covered jeep to carry a few of our more beleaguered compatriots, but the rest of us begrudgingly climbed back into the rear of our now-notorious truck. Oliver Cromwell commandeered the school for his military government in Scotland, and is even reputed to have fired on Edinburgh Castle from the grounds in 1650 before turning it into a military hospital. The Union campaign was going to commandeer wagons to haul their supplies but found fewer than 50 wagons in the entire valley. There were, for example, many local officials around the country who commandeered transport to bring voters to polling stations. The army was checking reports that troops had commandeered a house inside Zone A territory. It reopened to the public yesterday after it was commandeered two years ago for a US military base. Synonyms seize, take, take possession of, take away, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequestrate, sequester, confiscate, annex, take over, claim, lay claim to, pre-empt, secure 1.1 Take possession of (something) without authority. 强占，强取；强征 he hoisted himself onto a table, commandeering it as a speaker's platform Example sentencesExamples Striking workers and the local population have commandeered over three dozen oil wells to force negotiations for a bigger share of oil revenues. Mumbling and spewing obscenities as he staggered about the stage - which he had commandeered by threatening to beat up the previous M.C. The pickup driver complied with the police order, but quickly fled from the truck, pulled out a handgun and commandeered a passing 2003 Toyota Corolla with two occupants. On January 8, 1880, a group of over 150 miners commandeered a train and forced the conductor to take them to Hawks Nest without pay. The second incident occurred on the same day when a vehicle was commandeered by a group of nine refugees who forced their way into the vehicle. They had all this food they commandeered from the local people. Hijackers commandeered four passenger jets. Chechen hijackers commandeered a Russian passenger jet to Turkey in protest. For make no mistake, terrorism is the enemy of the state, out to destroy the state or to commandeer it for evil purposes. The hijackers, who commandeered the plane to Mogadishu, had demanded the release of members of the BaaderMeinhof terrorist group imprisoned in Germany. So, after some plotting, the pair commandeer an ice cream truck and hit the road with granny chilling in the freezer. First he gets kicked out of two different militaries, then he illegally commandeers an army base, and then he loses the capitol of the world. Elizabeth's childhood friend, Will Turner, joins forces with Jack to commandeer the fastest ship in the British fleet. Truck bombs, commandeering of commercial aircraft, and credit card fraud appear to have been the primary tools used by those who have done us great harm. A power utility manager was kidnapped along with two guards, by armed men who commandeered their car, tribal agency officials said. Synonyms take, take for oneself, help oneself to, use as one's own, abscond with, carry off, appropriate, abstract 1.2 Enlist (someone) to help in a task, typically against the person's will. （尤指强行）征召（某人）服役 he commandeered the men to find a table 他强行命令那些人去找张桌子来。 Example sentencesExamples The ministry should take the lead to commandeer the general public to clean up public places like schools, bars, markets and taverns which form the core of a high-risk reference point before the rains. As we waited for the Federal attack through a cold, dense fog, I was commandeered by General A.P. Hill to act as a courier for him as well as General Stuart. But her enthusiastic account of the local food scene made such an impression on programme producer David Pritchard that he commandeered her for part of the film. Instead, he commandeers a couple of people who are at an even lower level than himself, people he can lead, raise up to his level and, if necessary, then reject. Local Afghan truck drivers were commandeered to transport between 200 and 300 prisoners in each container. The little girls in school with him played princess, and they would commandeer him because he was nice and he would go along with it, and make him into their frog-prince, or, more often, the big-bad-wolf. Everyone is commandeered for the task of kepping Tibet alive until our homeland is restored There is a New York City cop who lost friends in the attack and who has been commandeered to accompany people on these boat rides, three times a day. To keep supplies and equipment flowing into the theater, local laborers were hired and combat troops were commandeered to offload ships. The limousine driver was exactly where we left him, and I commandeered him to drive us to my place. But after I told Neil I had been a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games and done boxing reporting he immediately commandeered me to do more work. They want to be able to say that they did not commandeer us, but they know that they can trust us not to be really impartial. Origin Early 19th century: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen, from French commander ‘to command’ (see command).
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