requisition

Police said those charged had been sent a postal charge requisition notifying them of the details and when they are due to appear in court.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025

The case manager has to make a requisition, and that often follows a negotiation with the client.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025

The government on Thursday renewed a requisition order to force a fuel depot in southern France to supply the region, Reuters reported.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2023

A requisition order has also been prepared for the Gonfreville site in northern France, TotalEnergies' biggest refinery in the country, but the formal notification has not been issued at this stage, the spokesperson added.

From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2023

“They were wondering why you couldn’t requisition some of the replacement crews that are waiting in Africa to take their places and then let them go home.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The memo circulated on Wednesday said Grab would "freeze the majority of current open job requisitions which are not in offer stage".

From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022

The news came out Tuesday after The New York Times reviewed an email Amazon sent to recruiters informing them that all open job requisitions in that division should be closed in the coming days.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022

The email said recruiters should tell job candidates that Amazon was not in a hiring freeze, though it went on to say all open job requisitions should be closed in the coming days.

From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022

Fearful of simmering Ukrainian nationalism, Stalin applied economic “sanctions” to regions that could not fulfill government requisitions.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2022

Kamen submitted the list and stood by uneasily as Cooksey, who had been known to hold lengthy conferences over requisitions worth a single dollar, scrutinized every entry.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The author describes how in June 1940 the Nazis requisitioned the hotel to be the home of the Abwehr, the more civilized part of the intelligence services, at least compared with the Gestapo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The troops are requisitioned, the destroyers in place, the full moon just right, the secrecy of the invasion delicate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Large residences in the area were requisitioned by M23 leaders after they seized the city.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

The vessel was requisitioned by the British Admiralty during the war to serve as a hospital ship.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

The military must have requisitioned all the lorries.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Veran said the government could order the requisitioning of staff to end the petrol depot blockades, and that it could again dip into the country's strategic reserves of fuel if needed.

From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2022

That agency, reporting to the president, could enact controls like requisitioning private property and allocating materials; imposing wage, price and rent controls; rationing; and settling labor disputes.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

Authorities are requisitioning all face masks to reserve them for those infected with the virus and health workers, President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.

From Fox News ● Mar. 11, 2020

But requisitioning the vote at the AGM has given the long-running campaign a new voice.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2019

The warehouse keeper, busy counting out some spare engine parts to a requisitioning sergeant of the Guard, looked up briefly from his clipboard.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman