0 present participle of commandeer --
1 to take possession of or control private property by force or for military use --
Yes, in time of war, when there are general powers for commandeering ships.
I want also to ask whether the practice of commandeering a large portion of the ship for soldiers will be continued.
I want also to ask a question about the system of commandeering horses in connection with the county associations.
This was done under the commandeering system before.
Any cases of unnecessary commandeering which have recently arisen have been promptly set right by the military authorities.
At any rate, we have added nearly four-fifths of it by new construction, by purchase, and by commandeering ships.
I think that the unemployment is due not so much to the commandeering, but to the temporary closing of certain schools, both girls and boys.
We had an echo of that in the debate yesterday on the commandeering of hotels.
