commandeer

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans kommandeer (“to command”), from Dutch commanderen (“to command”), from French commander (“to command”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Verb

commandeer (third-person singular simple present commandeers, present participle commandeering, simple past and past participle commandeered)

(transitive) To seize for military use.
(transitive) To force into military service.
(transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.

Translations

to seize for military use

Catalan: requisar (ca)
French: réquisitionner (fr)
German: requirieren (de)
Italian: requisire (it), sequestrare (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: rekvirere
Portuguese: requisição administrativa
Spanish: requisar (es)

to force into military service

French: enrôler (fr) de force

Italian: arruolare (it), coscrivere, reclutare (it)

to take arbitrarily or by force

Italian: soggiogare (it), depredare (it), razziare
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rekvirere

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} рекрутирам (bg) (rekrutiram), ^{(please verify)} мобилизирам (bg) (mobiliziram), ^{(please verify)} взимам насилствено (vzimam nasilstveno)