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Verb: commandeer  `kó-mun'dir [N. Amer], `kó-mun'di-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Take arbitrarily or by force
    "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
    - hijack, highjack, pirate

Derived forms: commandeers, commandeering, commandeered

Type of: seize

Encyclopedia: Commandeer