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Meanings of requisition (requisitioned) in English

Portuguese
sequestro de bens
Catalan
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Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized.

sequestro de bens

An official form on which a request in made.

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Examples for "sequestration"
Examples for "sequestration"
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The budget follows several years of deep cuts, also known as sequestration.
Reuters
2
Seyrafi said network equipment makers and security companies are vulnerable to sequestration.
Reuters
3
The House bill would have USDA oversee carbon sequestration work on farms.
Reuters
4
On sequestration and law Why won't Congress pass another law, repealing sequestration?
The Guardian
5
Right now, we've got it running but under Level 5 digital sequestration.
For Honor We Stand

Demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service.

Usage of requisitioned in English
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Once foreign-flagged, P&O ferries can't be requisitioned for any no-deal Brexit crisis.
The Guardian
2
They have requisitioned every utensil that will hold water in the village.
Under Wellington's Command: A Tale of the Peninsular War
3
Every other beast was requisitioned to carry the loot from the store.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
4
All the food supplies had been requisitioned by the Bulgarian military authorities.
Bulgaria
5
The hydro-anbaric generating station at Saint-Jean-les-Eaux has been requisitioned for our use.
The amber spyglass
6
All the cabs were requisitioned to take away luggage and frightened inhabitants.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
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Additional fuels and materials that he had requisitioned arrived and were stored.
The First King of Shannara
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Ere many nights were passed eight men were requisitioned from the camp.
Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on
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A large cargo-ship loaded with foodstuffs requisitioned to be sent to Mekin.
Talents, Incorporated
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Master Bailey's assistance is next requisitioned, and him friend Diccon cannot overreach.
The Growth of English Drama
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He had requisitioned five minutes of radio time at eight fifteen, he said.
Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
12
The government has requisitioned almost all the cars in the country, you know.
The Boy Scout Aviators
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The following are the prices fixed to be paid for supplies requisitioned, etc.
With the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900: Journal of Active Se...
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In a scene recalling Dunkirk, some 50 civilian ships were requisitioned for supplies.
The Guardian
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After hearing his suggestion that weapons should be requisitioned, she nodded.
Dayworld
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All the barges and shipping upon the canals had been requisitioned for transport.
The World Set Free
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