Examples of commandeer

• He commandeered the weapon in the name of the law. 

• It has now commandeered all stocks of soap. 

• It is reported that three large jam factories have been commandeered by the Military. 

• The Government has commandeered all stocks of rum. 

• When Thursday morning broke, lines of buyers formed before the stores whose supplies had not been commandeered. 

• Those stakeholders commandeer some of the e-government system's inscribed features to their own purposes whilst leaving others to one side.

• The arrival of passengers in quarantine had not been commandeered by the authorities, it had just been delayed and the journey continued.

• They were faced by having to stem the death rate in the huts, and had to commandeer supplies.

• When it became occupied, he was able to continue his schooling, but no longer as a boarder, since his lodgings had been commandeered by the occupying troops.

• After a great deal of persuasion he was induced to score, then a pencil was commandeered and for a few minutes the unfortunate scorer kept his promise.

• Every time one of us escapes onto the upper decks he or she either tries to commandeer the whole vessel, spouting orders about the one true path.

• Local opinion and argument, however, were soon to be swept away when the central state moved in to commandeer labour for infrastructural works deemed of national importance.

• I am assured by various correspondents that commandeering in some places has taken place quite unnecessarily.

• The soldiers had their arms taken away and their vehicles were commandeered and used to build barricades.

• It has commandeered the premises and furniture of thousands of hotels, boarding houses, holiday camps and so on.

• They commandeer the necessary vessels, and very rightly and properly so, in order to transport troops or to convey food to the soldiers.

• Horses were commandeered and bought in very large numbers.

• Take, for instance, the question of the ships that have been commandeered.

• You invite tenders for manufactured articles in this country, but you commandeer our produce at prices which you fix without consultation with the growers.

• They could commandeer hay and wheat, as well as ships and other things.