Definitions for commandeer

commandeer com·man·deer

Spelling: [kom-uh n-deer]
IPA: /ˌkɒm ənˈdɪər/

Commandeer is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 601 anagrams from letters in commandeer (acdeemmnor).

Definitions for commandeer

verb (used with object)

  1. to order or force into active military service.
  2. to seize (private property) for military or other public use:
  3. to seize arbitrarily.

Origin of commandeer

1880-85; Afrikaans kommandeer French commander to command

Examples for commandeer

Badly as boats were needed, Dave had to commandeer two of the smallest.

He knew, too, that to commandeer a destroyer for a private errand was inadmissable.

Why shouldn't he commandeer the machine and make his escape that way?

I had the horses saddled and every one who could commandeer an animal mounted one.

They now commandeer well-organized battalions of volunteers who could turn out voters for Obama.

Surely he never intended to commandeer the courthouses of Kabul where we would square off against the Taliban—lawyer to lawyer.

In the mood to commandeer a Boeing 727 and demand half a million dollars in ransom?

How about the stuff aboard the old boat—had we ought to commandeer that?

Before she had finished she had had to commandeer the whole of the bed, and was weary and confused.

Our present troop officer is great on the commandeer, and very popular.

Word Value for commandeer
Scrable

17

Words with friends

21

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