Commandeering

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  • verb. Present participle of commandeer.
  • Word Usage
    "Also: assuming my argument about commandeering is correct, it wouldn’t stop several successive congresses from gradually raising the requirements on states regarding Medicaid coverage, just like current jurisprudence doesn’t prevent Congress from doing away with “limited times” for copyright terms by retroactively extending copyright terms a little at a time forever."
    verb-stem