commandeer
verb (used with object)
to order or force into active military service.
was commandeering
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past progressiveof commandeer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Critics, concerned about genetic and nongenetic privacy, expressed alarm that law enforcement was commandeering genetic records shared for recreational purposes.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2021
Mr. Rodger is also Rahway’s coordinator of emergency management, so instead of whacking golf balls in Myrtle Beach, S.C., he was commandeering four-wheel-drive vehicles to supplement those in his department’s fleet.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2010
For a split second I was commandeering a hover mower, and I masterfully covered about an 18-inch patch by the driveway.
From Washington Post
