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as in hijacked
to take control of (a vehicle) by force
an airliner commandeered by terrorists
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as in seized
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
commandeered all of the equipment, as if the chem lab belonged solely to him
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Recent Examples of commandeered
In late June, a rogue police officer commandeered a government helicopter and attacked the Supreme Court with gunfire and grenades.
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Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2017
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2017
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The Justice Department seized 41 of the web domains, according to the FBI affidavit, and also granted Microsoft control of 66 additional domains the company said were part of the same operation.Kevin Collier, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Hamas continues to hold dozens of hostages seized on October 7th and has not released the bodies of 39 more who are believed to have died in captivity.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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The bulk of bitcoin owned by the United States was confiscated from illicit actors.Sam Lyman, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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However, the best option is to avoid having the item confiscated in the first place.Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2024
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And then Sol turned to me and grabbed my hand.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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That formal change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine — which had previously envisioned a nuclear response only in the event of an existential threat to Russia — grabbed headlines and stirred a fresh round of debate in Western capitals.Simon Shuster, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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There are only 325 spaces for RVs in city lots and as of early 2024, 95% were occupied, according to a legislative analysis.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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But the forging of the rings and the relationship between those two ought to have been the focus of the first season, while their schism and ultimate war could have occupied this season.Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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The first big hero of the moment was the beer-swilling, leather-wearing, foulmouthed Stone Cold Steve Austin, who appropriated a famous Bible verse for his own purposes.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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The funding allocated by Congress for the migrant care grant program is a fraction of the money appropriated for FEMA's disaster relief efforts.Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Commandeered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commandeered. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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