commandeer

Example Sentences

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He’s hoping to commandeer another part of their basement, one currently reserved for their cats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

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

The emergency declaration provided the mayor’s team the power to award contracts, enter into lease agreements, suspend competitive bidding, commandeer property and lift regulations on the production of affordable housing, among other things.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 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