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Verb: commandeer  ,kó-mun'deer
  1. Take arbitrarily or by force
    "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami";
    - hijack, highjack [rare], pirate

Derived forms: commandeered, commandeering, commandeers

Type of: seize

Encyclopedia: Commandeer