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Definition of Commandeers
1. commandeer [v] - See also: commandeer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commandeers
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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