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 Definitions of commandeer  [ˌkɒm ənˈdɪər]  

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Definition of 'commandeer' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) commandeer
to order or force into active military service.

2.  commandeer
to seize (private property) for military or other public use.

3.  commandeer
to seize arbitrarily.

Etymology:  (1880–85; < Afrik kommandeer < F commander to command)

Definition of 'commandeer' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate
take arbitrarily or by force
"The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
Translation of 'commandeer' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to seize (private property) for use by the army etc during wartime
They commandeered the castle.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kommandeer Arabic flag Arabic: يُصادِر لأغْراض عَسْكَرِي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: реквизирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: requisitar Czech flag Czech: zabrat German flag German: requirieren, beschlagnahm
Danish flag Danish: beslaglægge Greek flag Greek: επιτάσσω Spanish flag Spanish: requisar
Estonian flag Estonian: rekvireerima Farsi flag Farsi: مصادره کردن Finnish flag Finnish: pakko-ottaa
French flag French: réquisitionner Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַחֲרִים Hindi flag Hindi: छीन लेना, बेगार में लेना
Croatian flag Croatian: rekvirirati, silom oduzet Hungarian flag Hungarian: katonai célra igénybe ves Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengambil alih
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gera upptækan Italian flag Italian: requisire Japanese flag Japanese: 徴用する
Korean flag Korean: 징집하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: rekvizuoti, nusavinti Latvian flag Latvian: rekvizēt
Malay flag Malay: merampas Dutch flag Dutch: rekwireren Norwegian flag Norwegian: rekvirere
Polish flag Polish: rekwirować Persian flag Persian: مصادره کردن Pashto flag Pashto: نيول (دعسكرې مقصد رپاره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: requisitar Romanian flag Romanian: a rechi­ziţiona Russian flag Russian: реквизировать
Slovak flag Slovak: zabrať Slovenian flag Slovenian: zaseči, rekvirirati Serbian flag Serbian: rekvirirati
Swedish flag Swedish: rekvirera, beslagta Thai flag Thai: ยึดทรัพย์สิน Turkish flag Turkish: el koymak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 徵用，強徵 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: реквізувати Urdu flag Urdu: فوج کے لئے اشیاء کو حاصل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trưng dụng cho quân đội Chinese flag Chinese: 征用，霸占

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