commandeer
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Afrikaans kommandeer (“to command”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch commanderen (“to command”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French commander (“to command”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Verb
commandeer (third-person singular simple present commandeers, present participle commandeering, simple past and past participle commandeered)
- (transitive) To seize for military use.
- (transitive) To force into military service.
- (transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.
Translations
to seize for military use
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to force into military service
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to take arbitrarily or by force
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