English-Thai Dictionary

commandeer

VT เกณ ฑ์ คน เพื่อ เข้า รบ  ken-kon-puea-kao-rob

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMANDEER

Com `man *deer ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commandeered; p. pr. & vb. n.Commandeering.] [D. kommandeeren to command, in South Africa to commandeer, fr. F. commander to command. See Command. ]

 

1. (Mil. )

 

Defn: To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.

 

2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

commandeer

com man deer |ˌkämənˈdi (ə )r ˈˌkɑmənˈˌdɪ (ə )r | ▶verb [ with obj. ] officially take possession or control of (something ), esp. for military purposes: telegraph and telephone lines were commandeered by the generals. • take possession of (something ) without authority: he hoisted himself onto a table, commandeering it as a speaker's platform. • enlist (someone ) to help in a task, typically against the person's will: he commandeered the men to find a table. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen, from French commander ‘to command ’ (see command ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

commandeer

commandeer |ˌkɒmənˈdɪə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] officially take possession or control of (something ), especially for military purposes: a nearby house had been commandeered by the army. • take possession of (something ) by force: the truck was commandeered by a mob. • [ with obj. and infinitive ] enlist (someone ) to help in a task: he commandeered the men to find a table. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Afrikaans kommandeer, from Dutch commanderen, from French commander ‘to command ’ (see command ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

commandeer

commandeer verb dozens of private homes were commandeered by the army: seize, take, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequestrate, sequester, confiscate, annex, take over, claim, preempt; hijack, arrogate, help oneself to; informal walk off with; Law distrain.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

commandeer

commandeer verb everything surrounding the base was commandeered by the army: seize, take, take possession of, take away, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequestrate, sequester, confiscate, annex, take over, claim, lay claim to, pre-empt, secure; hijack, arrogate, arrogate to oneself, help oneself to, carry off, loot, grab; informal walk off with; Law distrain, attach, disseize; Scottish Law poind.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

commandeer

com man deer /kɑ̀məndɪ́ər |kɔ̀m -/動詞 他動詞 1 (戦時に )〈軍隊が 〉〈建物 財産など 〉を接収する, 徴発する ; 〈人 〉を徴兵する .2 ｟非難して ｠〈物 〉を勝手に奪い取る .