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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Afrikaans
Origin: kommandeer, from French commander 'to command', from Old French comander; COMMAND2

commandeer

 verb
     
com‧man‧deer [transitive]
to take someone else's property for your own use, especially during a war:
The local hotel was commandeered for the wounded.
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