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commandeer

verb

1 commandeer

Take arbitrarily or by force:
— The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami.

synonyms: highjack, hijack, pirate.

Roget 744: compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige.    force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; ... show more

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, ... show more

Dutch: opvorderen


Moby thesaurus: accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, attach, call up, collectivize, communalize, communize, confiscate, conscript, detach, detach for service, distrain, draft, enlist, enroll, expropriate, garnish ... show more.

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