commandeer
verb /ˌkɒmənˈdɪə(r)/
/ˌkɑːmənˈdɪr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they commandeer | /ˌkɒmənˈdɪə(r)/ /ˌkɑːmənˈdɪr/ |
| he / she / it commandeers | /ˌkɒmənˈdɪəz/ /ˌkɑːmənˈdɪrz/ |
| past simple commandeered | /ˌkɒmənˈdɪəd/ /ˌkɑːmənˈdɪrd/ |
| past participle commandeered | /ˌkɒmənˈdɪəd/ /ˌkɑːmənˈdɪrd/ |
| -ing form commandeering | /ˌkɒmənˈdɪərɪŋ/ /ˌkɑːmənˈdɪrɪŋ/ |
- commandeer something to take control of a building, a vehicle, etc. for military purposes during a war, or by force for your own use synonym requisition
- The soldiers had commandeered the farm and the villa five months ago.
- A group of young men had commandeered a truck, and were driving around the town in it.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen, from French commander ‘to command’, from late Latin commandare, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, command’.