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单词 midnight requisition
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midnight requisition
midnight requisition n. and v. U.S. Military slang (a) n. an unauthorized taking of supplies at night; (b) v. transitive to take (supplies) at night without authority.
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1946 S. Wilson Voy. to Somewhere xvii. 105 ‘A midnight requisition!’ said Mr. Stuart. ‘By God, I'll have to do that myself!’
1985 W. A. Roskey Muffled Shots 82 A group of drunken ‘bachelors’ would make a ‘midnight requisition’ of a truck.
1994 Rochesterian (Rochester, N.Y.) June 23/3 We ‘midnight requisitioned’ that ammo off those trucks almost before the drivers knew what was happening.
1999 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 7 Mar. 6 g Burkett's ‘principal duty was the ancient and honorable “midnight requisition”’.
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