All commandeered synonyms
verb commandeered
- seized — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- took — simple past tense of take.
- grabbed — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
- appropriated — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- captured — Simple past tense and past participle of capture.
- annexed — to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
- activated — to make active; cause to function or act.
- arrogated — Simple past tense and past participle of arrogate.
- assumed — false; fictitious
- conscripted — enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
- liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- preempted — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- sequestrated — Law. to sequester (property). to confiscate.
- usurped — to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.