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was commandeered

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To seize for military use.

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A concrete-walled storage room was commandeered for a production studio.

Within days, our house was commandeered as an officers' mess hall.

That camera belonged to a parent and was commandeered by the Chechens.

Because of his previous acting experience Forsythe was commandeered for the propaganda musical Winged Victory, which successfully toured the country.

In 1945, the house was commandeered, along with the rest of the neighborhood, by the Red Army.

His popularity is universal, but his death was commandeered to mark a milestone in African-American history.

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The hills were commandeered For gravemounds.

It had been commandeered by firemen.

Sometimes the pleasure-reward system has been "commandeered".

That building has now been commandeered by the Iraqi Army.

Phone lines from a vacant pizzeria were commandeered.

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