commandeering

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Commandeering streets from vehicles was welcomed by cyclists and environmental activists who often vent frustration with the car-centric design of American suburbs.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2023

Commandeering, a doctrine the Supreme Court established in the 1990s, occurs when the federal government forces states and cities to help enforce federal law.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2019

Commandeering the Grand Cherokee SRT8 version’s gutsy 470-horsepower 4.6-liter V8 engine and the vehicle’s superior Terrain Management 4X4 system would obviously be steps in the right direction.

From Forbes • Aug. 30, 2011

Commandeering motor cars, trucks, carts and 10,000 Peiping rickshaws & coolies, the Young Marshal's troops sped 50 mi. to the Wall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Commandeering every available motor vehicle from the entire surrounding countryside, he immediately extended his line and swung around the Russian right as previously he had swung around their left.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)