commandeer
verb (used with object)
to order or force into active military service.
had been commandeering
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past perfect progressiveof commandeer.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The Military Authorities had been commandeering goods of all sorts—"bully beef" among the rest—and storing them away in the catacombs of Kimberley.
From The Siege of Kimberley by T. Phelan
