Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commandeer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
commandeer
v : take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the
plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: {hijack}, {highjack}, {pirate},
{expropriate}]
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