Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - commandeer
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Commandeer
commandeer
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v.tr. 1 seize (men or goods) for military purposes. 2 take possession of without authority. Etymology: S.Afr. Du. kommanderen f. F commander COMMAND ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(commandeers, commandeering, commandeered) 1. If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it. The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital and occupied the television station... They drove in convoy round the city in commandeered cars. = requisition VERB: V n, V-ed 2. To commandeer something owned by someone else means to take charge of it so that you can use it. The hijacker commandeered the plane on a domestic flight. = appropriate VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v to take someone else's property for your own use, especially during the war (The local hotel was commandeered for the wounded.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1881, from Du. (esp. Afrikaans) kommandeeren "to command" (for military service), from Fr. commander (see command). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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