0 to take possession of or control private property by force or for military use --
1 to take possession or control of private property, esp. by force: --
They could commandeer hay and wheat, as well as ships and other things.
You invite tenders for manufactured articles in this country, but you commandeer our produce at prices which you fix without consultation with the growers.
Take, for instance, the question of the ships that have been commandeered.
Horses were commandeered and bought in very large numbers.
They commandeer the necessary vessels, and very rightly and properly so, in order to transport troops or to convey food to the soldiers.
It has commandeered the premises and furniture of thousands of hotels, boarding houses, holiday camps and so on.
The soldiers had their arms taken away and their vehicles were commandeered and used to build barricades.
I am assured by various correspondents that commandeering in some places has taken place quite unnecessarily.
