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commandeer
verb as in seize, take over
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He does have problems to work on, including a tendency to let giant personalities commandeer his show.
In the mood to commandeer a Boeing 727 and demand half a million dollars in ransom?
Surely he never intended to commandeer the courthouses of Kabul where we would square off against the Taliban—lawyer to lawyer.
They now commandeer well-organized battalions of volunteers who could turn out voters for Obama.
I only hope they wont want to commandeer it for carrying soldiers down to the Serbian border.
"I think I shall commandeer you and your dogcart," he said to Roger.
I am most confident of that, since I am about to commandeer the Poet.
Sherman tried to commandeer those flintlock muskets from the Mexican war--several thousand of them--but Coleman got them first.
The king's messengers could commandeer any subject's property, giving a receipt.
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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to commandeer, such as: confiscate, hijack, activate, annex, appropriate, and arrogate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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