transitive verb. To seize for military or police use; confiscate.

transitive verb. To take arbitrarily or by force: synonym: appropriate.

transitive verb. To force into military service.

noun. The act of commandeering.

To order (the enrolled militia) into active military service: originally with reference to the late Dutch republics of South Africa, which were charged with forcing aliens also into the military service.

To seize private property for military or other public use.

To seize public or private property for private use, under color of military necessity or right; steal from a helpless victim.

transitive verb. To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.

transitive verb. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of.

verb. To seize for military use.

verb. To force into military service.

verb. To take arbitrarily or by force.

verb. take arbitrarily or by force

"In February, the Achenbaums sued Credit Suisse's Column Financial unit for wrongful termination in Miami-Dade County circuit court, alleging among other things that Column took steps to "commandeer" the hotel, replacing them with a hotel operator whose inexperience will "inevitably result in inferior services.""

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