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com⋅man⋅deer

  [kom-uhn-deer]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to order or force into active military service.
2. to seize (private property) for military or other public use: The police officer commandeered a taxi and took off after the getaway car.
3. to seize arbitrarily.
Origin:
1880–85; < Afrik kommandeer < F commander to command
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com·man·deer   (kŏm'ən-dîr')   
tr.v.   com·man·deered, com·man·deer·ing, com·man·deers
  1. To force into military service.
  2. To seize for military use; confiscate.
  3. To take arbitrarily or by force. See Synonyms at appropriate.

[Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander, to command, from Old French comander; see command.]
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Commandeer

Com`man*deer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commandeered; p. pr. & vb. n. Commandeering.] [D. kommandeeren to command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr. F. commander to command. See Command.]

1. (Mil.) To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.

2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : commandeer
Spanish: requisar,
German: requirieren, beschlagnahmen,
Japanese: 徴用する
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commandeer 
1881, from Du. (esp. Afrikaans) kommandeeren "to command" (for military service), from Fr. commander (see command).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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