| VERB | contact | commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate | take arbitrarily or by force |
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| Sounds | kaa.mahndih'r | |
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| Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... | |
| Meaning | Take arbitrarily or by force. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" | |
| Synonyms | hijack, highjack, pirate | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Narrower | carjack | Take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it |
| skyjack | subject an aircraft to air piracy | |
| Broader | seize | Take or capture by force |
| Spanish | expropiar, incautar, piratear, requisar | |
| Catalan | expropiar, incautar, piratejar, robar | |
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