commandeer

Example Sentences

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He regularly turned up at the U.K.’s New York consulate, would commandeer the consulate’s car and visit friends, including Epstein, the book says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

The students had gone to Iguala to commandeer buses to take them to an annual protest in Mexico City.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

You took a computer at a place where you commandeer visually several screens at once, and you had also the ability to turn the TV you were watching pretty readily.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024

“They can suspend laws, order evacuations, commandeer private property and impose curfews, among other powers.”

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

“So the mission is this: Find the Ocarrion, and seize it. If the kidnapped orphans are already on board, we free ’em and commandeer the Ocarrion back to port.”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older