The two-wheeled truck and the soldiers had been commandeered for a war effort.
Gyms and schoolyards have been commandeered for classroom space, and some schools have been built without gymnasiums, the report says.
By 1827, Sand Springs had been commandeered for commercial use by entrepreneurs enamored of its reputed power to heal poison ivy and other ailments.
A pine dresser and trunks and boxes of various sizes provide troves for treasured possessions, while shelves and window ledges have been commandeered for kitchen utensils, teapots, novels, picture books and mounds of pebbles gathered on the seashore.
The real buzz at the Estrel hotel, which had been commandeered for the event, concerned the king of pop himself and rumours reported in the German press of his plans to move to Berlin.
The festival labored under another handicap too: the student orchestra had been commandeered for a performance of Verdi's "Don Carlo," led by James Levine, on July 28, and except for a single concert on Wednesday, its players were off limits to the normally rehearsal-intensive festival.
The track has been commandeered by adverts for cereal, cars and phones, as far afield as Austria and the US (where the band have just spent several weeks touring).
In Newcastle, a condemned, non-descript five-storey former solicitors' office block in the city centre has been commandeered by artists for use as studios.
Thus, in these serpins, RCL cleavage and the S to R transition has been commandeered to allow for ligand release, rather than protease inhibition.
