requisitioned

past tense of requisition
as in requested
to give a request or demand for the invading soldiers requisitioned food and gasoline from the townspeople

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Recent Examples of requisitioned Balboa Park buildings are immediately requisitioned by the Navy, including the Globe, which becomes a wartime lecture hall. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025 However, with the outbreak of World War I, the British Admiralty requisitioned the ship and converted it into a floating hospital. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025 This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division. Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel requested records of complaints submitted through that form, which has been available since August 2024.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The civil lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges Blain has refused to produce requested public records from his private accounts, apps and devices and has deleted public records from those same sources and asked others to delete messages from him.
    Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Amid this crackdown, Russia’s Foreign Ministry ordered USAID to leave.
    Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Dozens of unable-to-fly wild ducks and geese at a sanctuary in Washtenaw County's Salem Township, earlier ordered killed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, have received a reprieve.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Requisitioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requisitioned. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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