requisitioning

verb

present participle of requisition
as in requesting
to give a request or demand for the invading soldiers requisitioned food and gasoline from the townspeople

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  1. requesting
  2. ordering
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  • Fuel expenses are squeezing daily household budgets and tightening cash flow toward the end of the month, with reports indicating a growing number of French employees are requesting payroll advances to manage month end expenses.
    — , CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
  • After his arrest, Alfozan refused to speak to the FBI, requesting his attorney.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of requesting
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  • The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to more than 400 deaths was convicted Monday of murdering 190 children and one adult after ordering followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Last week, Kyiv also accused Washington of ordering restrictions on its Starshield networks, the military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink.
    — Elsa Ohlen,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of ordering
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