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commandeerings

commandeerings is the plural of commandeering.

Meaning of commandeering

Noun

commandeering (countable and uncountable, plural commandeerings)

  1. The act of commandeering; seizure.
    • As the commandeering was in the majority of cases carried out by the official local commandant or the veld kornet, or other duly appointed officer of the local rifle association, it was not always easy to distinguish between the commandeering orders on behalf of the Government (which was mobilizing...1915, Union of South Africa, Report on the Outbreak of the Rebellion and the Policy of Government with Regard to its Suppression, page 33

Questions about commandeerings

What is commandeerings the plural of?
Commandeerings is the plural of commandeering.

Words near commandeerings in the dictionary

  1. commandeer
  2. commandeered
  3. commandeerer
  4. commandeerers
  5. commandeering
  6. commandeerings
  7. commandeers
  8. commandees
  9. commandement
  10. commandements
  11. commander

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