Commandeering
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of commandeering; seizure. countable, uncountable
"As the commandeering was in the majority of cases carried out by the official local commandant or the veld kornet, or other duly appointed officer of the local rifle association, it was not always easy to distinguish between the commandeering orders on behalf of the Government (which was mobilizing its own commandos at the time) and those on behalf of the rebel leaders."
- 1 present participle and gerund of commandeer form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"As the commandeering was in the majority of cases carried out by the official local commandant or the veld kornet, or other duly appointed officer of the local rifle association, it was not always easy to distinguish between the commandeering orders on behalf of the Government (which was mobilizing its own commandos at the time) and those on behalf of the rebel leaders."
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