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requisition
requisition something for someone or something
to present an order or formal request for something for someone or some purpose. I will have to requisition a desk for you. You can't work an eight-hour day at a table. We will requisition catering for the office party.
requisition something from someone or something
to send an order or formal request to someone or something for something. The general requisitioned food and bedding from the supply depot. We requisitioned a new bookcase from central supply.
moonlight requisition
n. a nighttime theft. (see also
liberate.)
It took a moonlight requisition to get the medicine we needed.