moonlight requisition

English

Noun

moonlight requisition (plural moonlight requisitions)

(military slang) Unauthorized taking of materiel; theft of supplies for use in one's own unit.
- 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 928807473, page 468:
  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.
(slang, euphemistic) Theft or receipt of stolen goods.
- 1973, John Postlewait and Harry Knudson, “Some experiences in land aquisition for a land disposal system for sewage effluent”, in Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Recycling Municipal Sludges and Effluents on Land: July 9-13, 1973, Champaign, Illinois, Washington: Environmental Protection Agency, OCLC 1821012, pages 33-34:
  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.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:theft

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:steal

单词	moonlight requisition
释义	moonlight requisition English Noun moonlight requisition (plural moonlight requisitions) (military slang) Unauthorized taking of materiel; theft of supplies for use in one's own unit. 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 928807473, page 468: 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. (slang, euphemistic) Theft or receipt of stolen goods. 1973, John Postlewait and Harry Knudson, “Some experiences in land aquisition for a land disposal system for sewage effluent”, in Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Recycling Municipal Sludges and Effluents on Land: July 9-13, 1973, Champaign, Illinois, Washington: Environmental Protection Agency, OCLC 1821012, pages 33-34: 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. Synonyms See Thesaurus:theft Verb moonlight requisition (third-person singular simple present moonlight requisitions, present participle moonlight requisitioning, simple past and past participle moonlight requisitioned) (military slang) To steal or use materiel without authorization. 1990, Clifton Bryant, “The social context”, in Deviant Behavior: Readings in the Sociology of Norm Violations, New York: Hemisphere, →ISBN, page 18: The soldier learns informally in his basic military training experience to "moonlight requisition" or steal that which his unit needs. Synonyms See Thesaurus:steal
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