Associations to the word «Commandeer»

Wiktionary

COMMANDEER, verb. To seize for military use.
COMMANDEER, verb. To force into military service.
COMMANDEER, verb. To take arbitrarily or by force.

Dictionary definition

COMMANDEER, verb. Take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami".

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche