commandeer
UK/,kɒmən'dɪə/US/.kɒmәn'diә/
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Definitions
v.
To seize property for military or official use
（为军事或官方用途）征用
v.
To take possession of something arbitrarily, by force
强行占用，霸占
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcommandtogether, with
+
-eercommand, order, entrust
=commandeer
from Afrikaans kommandeer (via Dutch), built on command: to use one's authority to seize something for official use. English picked it up during the Boer War. The everyday sense weakened to simply grabbing something for yourself ('he commandeered the remote').
Example Sentences
- 1.
Soldiers commandeered every truck in the village.
- 2.
The kids commandeered the living room for their game.