History
History
Synonyms
UK
US
Meaning:
commandeer

to seize (provisions etc) for military use under martial law

seize, take over

confiscate

to take possession of (private property) without payment (as punishment or to enforce authority)

steal; seize

encroach

to go beyond, use more than, what is right or natural

invade another's property, business

expropriate

to take away (property owned by another person)

seize

receive

to accept, take, get, (something offered, sent etc)

accept delivery of something

renounce

to declare formally that one will no longer have anything to do with (a person, belief etc)

abandon, reject

usurp

to take (a person's power, authority, position) without right

take over

ARROGATE as in Wiktionary
ARROGATE as in Wikipedia