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moonlight requisition

moonlight requisition noun: unauthorized taking of materiel; theft of supplies for use in one's own unit.

Noun

moonlight requisition (plural moonlight requisitions)

  1. (slang) Unauthorized taking of materiel; theft of supplies for use in one's own unit.
    • They were clever in finding local material, such as parachutes, for making bedcovers or curtains, and so-called "moonlight requisitions" were sources of supply for material to make furniture.1966, Margaret Craighill, “The Women's Army Corps”, in Robert Anderson, Albert Glass, Robert Bernucci, William Mullins, editors, Neuropsychiatry in World War II, volume 1, →OCLC, page 468
  2. (euphemistic, slang) Theft or receipt of stolen goods.
    • One problem that became apparent from almost the first acquisition, was that of vandalism and pilfering. It seemed that as soon as a party moved, the area "jungle telegraph" would alert those in the habit of making "moonlight requisitions" to become active.1973, John Postlewait, Harry Knudson, “Some experiences in land acquisition for a land disposal system for sewage effluent”, in Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Recycling Municipal Sludges and...

Verb

moonlight requisition (third-person singular simple present moonlight requisitions, present participle moonlight requisitioning, simple past and past participle moonlight requisitioned)

  1. (slang) To steal or use materiel without authorization.
    • The soldier learns informally in his basic military training experience to "moonlight requisition" or steal that which his unit needs.1990, Clifton Bryant, “The social context”, in Deviant Behavior: Readings in the Sociology of Norm Violations, New York: Hemisphere, →ISBN, page 18
    Synonyms:
    steal

Synonyms of moonlight requisition

Forms of moonlight requisition

Noun
pluralmoonlight requisitions
Verb
third-person singular presentmoonlight requisitions
present participlemoonlight requisitioning
past participlemoonlight requisitioned
pastmoonlight requisitioned

Questions about moonlight requisition

What does moonlight requisition mean?
Moonlight requisition means unauthorized taking of materiel; theft of supplies for use in one's own unit.
What part of speech is moonlight requisition?
Moonlight requisition can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of moonlight requisition?
The plural of moonlight requisition is moonlight requisitions.

Words near moonlight requisition in the dictionary

  1. moonlight blue
  2. moonlight blues
  3. Moonlight Flat
  4. moonlight flit
  5. moonlight flits
  6. moonlight requisition
  7. moonlight requisitioned
  8. moonlight requisitioning
  9. moonlight requisitions
  10. moonlight school
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