commandeer
Example Sentences
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One more thing: Because they haven’t lived through it, many might be surprised how close to the surface are contingencies that would totally commandeer the U.S. economy and politics for the next few years.
Sheza is one of seven women who has welcomed us into a corner they have commandeered and we sit on the floor and talk.
From BBC
The students disappeared on Sept. 26, 2014, after commandeering buses with the aim of traveling to a protest in Mexico City — a largely tolerated practice in their rural region.
From Washington Post
Her teenage daughter, Roshni, commandeers it when she has homework to do.
From Seattle Times
That child and an 8-year-old girl remained on the boat as it drifted and were rescued safely by the deputies, who had commandeered a fishing boat whose owner cooperated in the effort, Judd said.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
