English > commandeer: 1 sense > verb 1, contactMeaning | Take arbitrarily or by force. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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Example | "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" |
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Synonyms | hijack, highjack, pirate |
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Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
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Narrower | carjack | Take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it |
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skyjack | subject an aircraft to air piracy |
Broader | seize | Take or capture by force |
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Spanish | expropiar, incautar, piratear, requisar |
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Catalan | expropiar, incautar, piratejar, robar |
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