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    commandeer
    com‧man‧deer /ˌkɒmənˈdɪə $ ˌkɑːmənˈdɪr/ verb [transitive]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: Afrikaans
     Origin: kommandeer, from French commander 'to command', from Old French comander; ⇨ command2
    to take someone else’s property for your own use, especially during a war:
        The local hotel was commandeered for the wounded.