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as in to hijack
to take control of (a vehicle) by force
an airliner commandeered by terrorists
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as in to seize
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
commandeered all of the equipment, as if the chem lab belonged solely to him
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Anita Kunz’s cover for the July 22, 2024, issue focuses on what appears to many to be an existential threat to democracy: the far-right shift of the Supreme Court, and the conservative movement’s plans to commandeer it.
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Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Those are words that could have been spoken by Ronald Reagan; Harris is commandeering those ideas of both positive and negative liberty for the Democrats.
—Richard Stengel, TIME, 17 Aug. 2024
On the second day, Lucky Cat will commandeer the space.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024
New Jersey State Police believe Pleasantville resident Robert Wagner commandeered a Quad City Ultralight Challenger 2 plane from a hanger in Pemberton on Tuesday, according to NBC News in Philadelphia.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
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Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Those are words that could have been spoken by Ronald Reagan; Harris is commandeering those ideas of both positive and negative liberty for the Democrats.
—Richard Stengel, TIME, 17 Aug. 2024
On the second day, Lucky Cat will commandeer the space.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024
New Jersey State Police believe Pleasantville resident Robert Wagner commandeered a Quad City Ultralight Challenger 2 plane from a hanger in Pemberton on Tuesday, according to NBC News in Philadelphia.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Commandeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commandeer. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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