commandeering

English

Noun

commandeering (countable and uncountable, plural commandeerings)

1. The act of commandeering; seizure.
   • 1915, Union of South Africa, Report on the Outbreak of the Rebellion and the Policy of Government with Regard to its Suppression, page 33:

     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.

   • 2015, R William Johnstone, Protecting Transportation, page 22:

     This category includes all forms of attack on general aviation or charter aviation aircraft and facilities, with 27 hijackings, 21 commandeerings, nine destroyed aircraft, and one airport bombing occurring in the 1986 to 1995 period.

Derived terms

• anticommandeering

 

Verb

commandeering

1. present participle and gerund of commandeer