commandeer[verb]Synonyms: seize, appropriate, confiscate, requisition, sequester, sequestrate
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
com‧man‧deer /ˌkɒmənˈdɪə $ ˌkɑːmənˈdɪr/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Afrikaans;
Origin: kommandeer, from French commander 'to command', from Old French comander; ⇒ command2]
to take someone else’s property for your own use, especially during a war:
The local hotel was commandeered for the wounded. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲