commandeer

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To Perdue, governing a state bleeding from a $2 billion gaping deficit wound, that lottery money represents good towels that can be used to stanch the bleeding: That's not what the presumed $88 million she plans to commandeer is there for, but it can be used and is needed for that purpose.

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  1. transitive verb To force into military service.
  2. transitive verb To seize for military use; confiscate.
  3. transitive verb To take arbitrarily or by force. See Synonyms at appropriate.

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  • The congressman said he wasn't trying to launch a splinter party, or commandeer the Republican National Convention, or overhaul the party platform. —  RenewAmerica
  • March 03, 2009 09: 16 pm - A man who managed to commandeer a constable's vehicle in south-central Pennsylvania is caught.
  • HARRISBURG (AP) - A man who managed to commandeer a constable's vehicle in south-central Pennsylvania is caught.
  • Wiggling insurance ads, flab-in-your-face diet pitches, and other ham-handed attempts to commandeer our attention online using banner ad space show no signs of letting up. —  ClickZ News
  • VH1 Home Purchasing Club has to wear that alcohol ankle bracelet and stay inside is own four walls doesn't mean he can't commandeer a cheeky talk show. —  Vh1 Blog
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander, to command, from Old French comander; see command.

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  1. Dutch commandeeren, < F. commander. whence English command, v.
 

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