The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word USURP which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Commandeer crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| USURP | 33 % | 5 |
| SEIZE | 26 % | 5 |
| GRAB | 15 % | 4 |
| TAKE | 11 % | 4 |
| TAKEOVER | 4 % | 8 |
| SIEZE | 4 % | 5 |
| COOPT | 4 % | 5 |
| HIJACK | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Commandeer
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hijack
- highjack
- expropriate
- pirate
- requisition
- need
- wrest
- orchestrate
- hijacks
- usurp
- procure
- purloin
Crossword Answer definitions
USURP verb- To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
- To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
- To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.
- To make use of.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result USURP
- Appropriate
- Seize and hold
- Take by force
- Assume by force
- Commandeer
- Seize
- Ignore copyrights
- Stage a hostile takeover
- Preempt
- Seize, as the throne
More clues leading to the result SEIZE
- Take forcibly
- Afflict suddenly
- Grab
- Grasp forcibly
- Capture
- Apprehend
- Appropriate
- Take by force
- Confiscate
- Take control of
More clues leading to the result GRAB
More clues leading to the result TAKE
- On the ____ (accepting bribes)
- Gate receipts
- Give's partner
- Ingest, as medicine
- "____this Job and Shove It"
- "___my wife. Please."
- Accept
- Accept uncomplainingly
- Pickings
- On the __ (accepting bribes)
More clues leading to the result TAKEOVER
- Become the boss
- Raider's strategy
- Corporate acquisition
- It may be hostile
- Assume command
- Seize control
- Acquisition
- Assume control.
- Military coup: Colloq.
- Commandeer.
More clues leading to the result SIEZE
More clues leading to the result COOPT
- Take for one's own use
- Assimilate
- Lure into joining
- Appropriate
- Subsume into a larger group
- Take over to use as one's own
- Take over
- Use for one's own purposes
- Take over as one's own
- Claim eminent domain