Commandeer (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

Meaning:

Take arbitrarily or by force

Example:

The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami

Synonyms:

commandeer; highjack; hijack; pirate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "commandeer" is one way to...):

seize (take or capture by force)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "commandeer"):

skyjack (subject an aircraft to air piracy)

carjack (take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody