Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at commandeering.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Commandeering.

Examples

  • Commandeering the bankruptcy process was not, as apologists for the bailouts claim, the only hope for GM and Chrysler.

    The Real Cost of the Auto Bailouts David Skeel 2011

  • Commandeering the bankruptcy process was not, as apologists for the bailouts claim, the only hope for GM and Chrysler.

    The Real Cost of the Auto Bailouts David Skeel 2011

  • Commandeering the wedding photographers crossed that line, as entitled as she may have felt at the time, or as minor as it all may seem now.

    Carolyn Hax: Husband is key in confronting meddlesome mother-in-law 2010

  • Commandeering a living long-term patient's ventilator (eg. a quadriplegic) for the treatment of acutely-ill flu victim is, in essence, exchanging the life of one institutionalized, chronically-ventilated patient for those of several (or even many) temporarily incapacitated individuals.

    Jacob M. Appel: The Coming Ethical Crisis: Oxygen Rationing 2009

  • Commandeering a hot-air balloon, sailing a toy boat, crashing a garden party, Bently is never at a loss.

    Make Room For Bently 2008

  • Printz could have been litigated as a Second Amendment case, as Ann elegantly explained in The Vigor of the Anti-Commandeering Doctrine in Times of Terror, 69 Brook.

    Chemerinsky's idea of "Enhancing Government." Ann Althouse 2008

  • Commandeering an old typewriter, they send out a ransom note demanding blankets.

    American Beat: Madonna, By The Book 2007

  • Commandeering existing mechanisms is an obvious way in which an apparently irreducibly complex piece of apparatus could climb Mount Improbable.

    The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006

  • Commandeering several fishing boats, they rowed their way back to the waitingGr'msketter.

    A Triumph of Souls Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

  • Commandeering mechtech was always chancy, dangerous business.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.