verb/rekiˈsaɾ/
to requisition, commandeer, seize; to search
“Los Generales[…]se fueron al Real Sitio de Aranjuez, y de allí enfilaron las planicies manchegas, adelante siempre, reclutando mozos, requisando caballerías, y requiriendo […]cuantos fondos guardaban las administraciones subalternas de los pueblos...” — The Generales […] went to the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, from whence they set out for the plains of La Mancha, always at the front, recruiting young men, seizing cavalry, and […] calling for as much funding from the towns' subordinate administration...
Synonyms: confiscar, incautar, incautarse de, decomisar, embargar
From requisa + -ar.