commandeer
Take by authority
Commandeer means to seize something for official or military use, typically without permission: The army commandeered civilian vehicles during the evacuation.
More loosely, it means to take control of something for your own purposes: My sister commandeered the TV remote.
The word carries a sense of authority or forcefulness, whether legitimate or playfully asserted.
Formal order for supplies
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- expropriateSeize for state use
- impoundSeize by authority
- sequesterSet apart, isolate
take · grab · wrest · capture · snatch · hijack · co-opt · divert
Fill or dwell in
- seize controlForcibly take command
- take chargeBegin leading a situation
- usurpSeize without right
- supplantReplace by force
overpower · dominate · gain control · capture · override · impose · take over · assume control
Seize a moving vehicle
- carjackSteal occupied vehicle
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- divertCause to change course
- stealTake without permission
take · seize · grab · snatch · intercept · reroute · abduct · capture
Compulsory military enrollee
- draftPreliminary version of text
- mobilizeOrganize for action
- deployPosition for use
- enlistJoin armed forces
requisition · press into service · impress · marshal · rally · muster · levy · call up
Obtain for temporary use
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- help oneselfTake without waiting
- take libertiesAct beyond allowed bounds
- swipeQuick sliding motion
requisition
Formal order for supplies
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- expropriateSeize for state use
- impoundSeize by authority
sequester · take · grab · wrest · capture · snatch · hijack · co-opt · divert · preempt
occupy
Fill or dwell in
- seize controlForcibly take command
- take chargeBegin leading a situation
- usurpSeize without right
supplant · overpower · dominate · gain control · capture · override · impose · take over · assume control
hijack
Seize a moving vehicle
steal · take · seize · grab · snatch · intercept · reroute · abduct · capture · board
conscript
Compulsory military enrollee
enlist · requisition · press into service · impress · marshal · rally · muster · levy · call up · activate
borrow
Obtain for temporary use
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- help oneselfTake without waiting
- take libertiesAct beyond allowed bounds
swipe · nab · grab · snag · claim · use · co-opt · poach · pilfer · liberate
- takeovertakeover, take over, seize power, seizure, coup d'etat
- useuse, utilize, employ, apply, usage
- ordersorder, decree, dictate, mandate, proclamation
- coercionduress, coercing, compelling, threat, forcing
- seizuresseizure, epileptic, convulsion, fit, attack
- intrusionsintrusion, intrude, intruder, intruding, barging in
- lieutenant commanderNaval rank below commander
- commander in chiefHighest military leader
- military commanderLeader of armed forces
- tank commanderLeader of armored crew
- naval commanderOfficer commanding ships
- army commanderLeader of military forces
commander, commanded, commandeering, commandeered, commandeers