commandeer
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they commandeer | |
| he / she / it commandeers | |
| past simple commandeered | |
| past participle commandeered | |
| -ing form commandeering |
- commandeer something
to take control of a building, a vehicle, etc. for military purposes during a war, or by force for your own use （战争期间为军事目的而）强征，征用；强占 The soldiers had commandeered the farm and the villa five months ago. 五个月前士兵们就已征用了这个农场和这座别墅。 A group of young men had commandeered a truck, and were driving around the town in it. 一群年轻男子霸占了一辆卡车，正开着车在城里到处转。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen, from French commander ‘to command’, from late Latin commandare, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, command’.