commandeer
kom-un-DEERverbMeaning to take over something for official or urgent use
Memory hook COMMAND HERE: this boat is needed!. The flood captain points at the fisherman’s rowboat and calls out, “I need this boat for the rescue, right here, right now!” She commandeers it.
The firefighters commandeered a neighbor’s garden hose to soak the burning shed.
In context When the bridge washed out, the sheriff commandeered every rowboat on the lake to ferry stranded families across the river.
Similar seize, take over, requisition, grab
Opposite release, return
From Afrikaans kommandeer, from French commander (to command).