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)

1. (transitive) To seize for military use.
2. (transitive) To force into military service.
3. (transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.

Translations

to seize for military use

• Bulgarian: секвестирам (sekvestiram)
• Catalan: requisar (ca)
• French: réquisitionner (fr)
• German: requirieren (de)
• Italian: requisire (it), sequestrare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekvirere

• Portuguese: requisição administrativa
• Russian: реквизировать (ru) (rekvizirovatʹ)
• Spanish: requisar (es)

to force into military service

• Bulgarian: рекрутирам (bg) (rekrutiram), мобилизирам (bg) (mobiliziram)
• French: enrôler (fr) de force
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: arruolare (it), coscrivere (it), reclutare (it)

to take arbitrarily or by force

• Italian: soggiogare (it), depredare (it), razziare
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekvirere

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• appropriate
• call up