commandeers
Takes by authority
Commandeers is the third-person singular of commandeer, meaning to seize property or personnel for military or official use: The army commandeered civilian vehicles during the evacuation.
More loosely, it means to take control of something without permission: My roommate commandeered the TV remote for the entire evening.
Formal order for supplies
- confiscateSeize by authority
- expropriateSeize for state use
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- usurpSeize without right
annex · hijack · takeover · occupy · capture · divert · co-opt · impound
Maritime thieves and raiders
- privateersLicensed wartime ship raiders
- buccaneersCaribbean sea raiders
- corsairsSeafaring plunderers
- hijackSeize a moving vehicle
boarding · plunder · vessel · maritime · ship · galleon · mutiny · high seas
Formal order for supplies
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- vehiclesMachines for transportation
- suppliesResources for a task
convoy · army · conscript · draft · mobilize · garrison · martial law · emergency
Authority to direct
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- powerEnergy transfer rate
override · supersede · direct · govern · executive · sovereignty · preempt · assert
requisition
Formal order for supplies
- confiscateSeize by authority
- expropriateSeize for state use
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
usurp · annex · hijack · takeover · occupy · capture · divert · co-opt · impound · sequester
pirates
Maritime thieves and raiders
- privateersLicensed wartime ship raiders
- buccaneersCaribbean sea raiders
- corsairsSeafaring plunderers
hijack · boarding · plunder · vessel · maritime · ship · galleon · mutiny · high seas · captain
requisition
Formal order for supplies
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- vehiclesMachines for transportation
supplies · convoy · army · conscript · draft · mobilize · garrison · martial law · emergency · occupation
control
Authority to direct
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
power · override · supersede · direct · govern · executive · sovereignty · preempt · assert · order
commandeerssurrenders
Ceases resistance formally
relinquishes · gives up · releases · cedes · yields