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