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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 com·man·deer /ˌkɑmənˈdɪr/
 (vt.)征募,霸占

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Com·man·deer v. t.  [imp. & p. p. Commandeered p. pr. & vb. n. Commandeering.]
 1.  Mil. To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers.
 2.  To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 commandeer
      v : take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the
          plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: hijack, highjack, pirate]