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Commandeer

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the South African Dutch kommanderen, to command), properly, to compel the performance of military duty in the field, especially of the military service of the Boer republics (see Commando); also to seize property for military purposes; hence used of any peremptory seizure for other than military purposes.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Commandeer'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/commandeer.html. 1910.
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