Commandeering

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Commandeering is an act of appropriation by the military or police whereby they take possession of the property of a member of the public. The most common use of the term is when police commandeer vehicles – a popular plot element in films, particularly those involving car chases.

[edit] Pop culture

• The protagonist in True Crime: Streets of LA commandeers cars in the game.
• Jack Sparrow and Will Turner commandeer The Interceptor in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

[edit] See also

• Posse comitatus

[edit] External links

• "Can cops really commandeer cars?" at Straight Dope, 25 April 2006
• "Maybe You Can Drive My Car" at Urban Legends Reference Pages, 6 August 2001