commandeer
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He regularly turned up at the U.K.’s New York consulate, would commandeer the consulate’s car and visit friends, including Epstein, the book says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
The students had gone to Iguala to commandeer buses to take them to an annual protest in Mexico City.
From BBC • May 15, 2025
You took a computer at a place where you commandeer visually several screens at once, and you had also the ability to turn the TV you were watching pretty readily.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024
“They can suspend laws, order evacuations, commandeer private property and impose curfews, among other powers.”
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024
‘He wants to commandeer Goblin for his Colonel.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Vocabulary lists containing commandeer
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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