Synonyms of the word

commandeer

• v. (transitive) To seize for military use.
• v. (transitive) To force into military service.
• v. (transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.

highjack

• n. Alternative spelling of hijack.
• v. Alternative spelling of hijack.

hijack

• v. To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially…
• v. To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
• v. (computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware,…
• v. (computing) To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a…
• v. (politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
• n. An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
• n. An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
• n. (politics) An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
• n. (poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.

pirate

• n. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
• n. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
• n. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.
• n. (ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
• n. A kind of marble in children's games.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
• v. (transitive, intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.
• v. (transitive, intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in piracy.
• adj. Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit…

seize

• v. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• v. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
• v. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
• v. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
• v. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
• v. (intransitive) To have a seizure.
• v. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.