commandeer

The graffiti on a building commandeered by troops read: “We wanted peace, you wanted war”.

She suggested that buses commandeered by the students to take them to Mexico City – a regular practice which was tolerated by the bus companies – were secretly transporting heroin.

Palmer, a self-employed tradesman, was said to have “commandeered” a police riot shield and joined the mob, while on licence for drug offences.

Of the 19 attackers, 15 were Saudis, including the two in California who would commandeer the jetliner that they crashed into the Pentagon.

In street takeovers, also known as sideshows, drivers commandeer intersections to engage in illegal and often dangerous stunts.