verb. (American military).—To take by force: now recognised.
1864. G. A. SALA [Daily Telegraph, 2 Aug. (‘America in the Midst of War’)]. Nothing too small to be annexed. From a hundred thousand dollar REQUISITION on the Municipality of a Country Town to a basket of eggs and a housewife’s fresh butter.
1871. Morning Advertiser, 1 Feb. We have all heard of General Butler, We know “how Providence plesht him mit teapots and shpoons” whilst he was REQUISITIONING down south.
