commandeer — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To seize for military use.

   Uso

   • transitivo

2. To force into military service.

   Uso

   • transitivo

3. To take arbitrarily or by force.

   Uso

   • transitivo

4. To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).

   Uso

   • broadly
   • transitivo

   Esempi

   "We're stuck taking the bus to school tomorrow, aren't we?" "...Yeah. Moperville South doesn't give bus service out here, so Ellen's commandeering my car."

Verbo

1. take arbitrarily or by force

   Sinonimi

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   Termini più generali

   seize

   Esempi

   The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami