commandeer

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To seize for military use.
2. verb To force into military service.
3. verb To take arbitrarily or by force.
4. verb To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).

Similar words

hijack highjack expropriate pirate requisition need co-opt seize capture seize upon

Often followed by

the a all it an his any their them

Word family

commandeered commandeering commandeers