1. Make a formal request for official services
   "The department requisitioned new equipment"
    
2. Demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service
   "The army requisitioned vehicles for transport"; "The government requisitioned private land for the new highway"

1. The act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use
   "The army issued a requisition for vehicles from local businesses"; "The government made a requisition of private land for the new highway"
    
2. An official form on which a request is made
   "first you have to fill out the requisition";
   - requisition form
    
3. Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized
   "The court ordered the requisition of the defendant's assets";
   - sequestration

Derived forms: requisitioned, requisitioning, requisitions

Type of: appropriation, arrogate, claim, command, demand, form, lay claim, require

Antonym: derequisition

Encyclopedia: Requisition