Commandeering - English meaning

verb

Add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.

Usage examples:

The first ten amendments were annexed to the constitution in 1791

noun

A building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodation.

Usage examples:

The school's one-storey wooden annex

verb

To take possession of an area of land or a country and add it to a larger area, usually by force

Usage examples:

The united states annexed parts of texas and new mexico, which belonged to mexico., [ u ] the annex…

adjective

Suitable or proper in the circumstances.

Usage examples:

This isn't the appropriate time or place

verb

Take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.

Usage examples:

The accused had appropriated the property

Suitable for a particular person, place, or situation

verb

Take or claim (something) without justification.

Usage examples:

They arrogate to themselves the ability to divine the nation's true interests

verb

To take something without having the right to do so

Usage examples:

They arrogate to themselves the power to punish people.

verb

State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

Usage examples:

The prime minister claimed that he was concerned about third world debt

noun

An assertion that something is true.

Usage examples:

He was dogged by the claim that he had cia links

verb

To state that something is true or is a fact

Usage examples:

[ + (that) clause ] ervin claims (that) he is bankrupt., if no one claims the money, i can keep it.…

verb

Take or seize (someone's property) with authority.

Usage examples:

The guards confiscated his camera

verb

To officially take private property away from someone, usually by legal authority

Usage examples:

Customs agents confiscated her bags., [ u ] the law allows for confiscation of vehicles used in cri…

verb

To officially take something away from someone, sometimes for a limited period, because they have done something illegal

Usage examples:

The organization has notified u.s. customs to confiscate all imported fire extinguishers with the c…

verb

(of the state or an authority) take (property) from its owner for public use or benefit.

Usage examples:

Their assets were expropriated by the government

verb

To take and keep money or property belonging to someone else

verb

If a government expropriates property, it takes it for public use, sometimes without payment to the owner

Usage examples:

The new regime wiped out organized crime and vice, expropriated factories and built new ones, setti…

verb

Unlawfully seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.

Usage examples:

A man armed with grenades hijacked the jet yesterday

noun

An incident or act of hijacking.

Usage examples:

An unsuccessful hijack attempt

verb

Take arbitrarily or by force

verb

To do or say something before someone else does, especially to prevent them doing or saying what they had planned or to prevent their action being effective

Usage examples:

The group raised its offer in an attempt to pre-empt a possible counterbid from a rival.

noun

An official order laying claim to the use of property or materials.

Usage examples:

I had to make various requisitions for staff and accommodation

verb

Demand the use or supply of (something) by official order.

Usage examples:

The government had assumed powers to requisition cereal products at fixed prices

noun

A formal or official request for something needed

Usage examples:

[ c ] the staff made a requisition for new desks., the army requisitioned all the trucks in the reg…

adjective

Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.

Usage examples:

Check to ensure that all nuts and bolts are secure

verb

Fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost.

Usage examples:

Pins secure the handle to the main body

adjective

Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse

Usage examples:

A secure job, people want to feel secure economically., the museum has a large endowment, so its fu…

verb

Take hold of suddenly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

She jumped up and seized his arm

verb

Take hold of; grab

verb

To take something quickly and hold it

Usage examples:

He seized her arm to lead her through the crowd., fig. while she was distracted, i seized the oppor…

verb

Isolate or hide away.

Usage examples:

She is sequestered in deepest dorset

noun

Another term for sequestrate.

Usage examples:

Their property was sequestered by parliament

verb

To keep the people on a jury (= group deciding a legal case) separate from everyone else, even from their families, while deciding a case

Usage examples:

The judge refused to have the jury sequestered.

verb

Take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met.

Usage examples:

The power of courts to sequestrate the assets of unions

verb

→  sequester

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

phrasal verb

Buy food at a cafe or restaurant for eating elsewhere.

Usage examples:

He ordered a lamb madras to take away

verb

To move something or someone from one place to another

Usage examples:

Please, take me with you!, it may rain, so take your umbrella., the suitcases were taken to madrid …

verb

To subtract one number or amount from another

Usage examples:

Take sth from sth you'll need to take $2,000 from the $8,000 to allow for tax., take sth/sb off (st…