Definition of Commandeers

1. Verb. (third-person singular of commandeer) ¹

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Definition of Commandeers

1. commandeer [v] - See also: commandeer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commandeers

command patterns
command performance
command post
command processing overhead
command processing overhead time
command prompt
commandable
commandant
commandants
commandatory
commanded
commandedness
commandeer
commandeered
commandeering
commandeers
commander
commander-in-chief
commander in chief
commanderess
commanderesses
commanderies
commanderless
commanders
commanders in chief
commandership
commanderships
commandery
commandest
commandeth

Literary usage of Commandeers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gun Control: Implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... phase I background check provision substantially commandeers state executive officers and indirectly commandeers the legislative processes of the states ..."

2. Journal of Theological Studies (1902)
"... under the symbol R. As Bishop Wallis ' commandeers ' R for the certainly more important MS described at the head of his article, I have taken the ..."

3. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1918)
"Germany commandeers her wheat—Britain declares wheat contraband-Germany retaliates by submarine and mine blockade of Britain—Both sides violate ..."

4. Syria: The Desert & the Sown by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1907)
"... centre for the merchandise of the interior, but traffic is throttled by the fatal frequency with which the Government commandeers the baggage camels. ..."

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