Meaning
to confiscate
- to seize private property legally by an authority or government
In a sentence
La polizia doganale ha confiscato tutte le merci illegali all'aeroporto.
Customs police confiscated all the illegal goods at the airport.
Per quale motivo il tribunale ha deciso di confiscare i suoi beni?
Why did the court decide to confiscate his assets?
Lo Stato non confisca proprietà private senza un valido provvedimento giudiziario.
The state does not confiscate private property without a valid judicial order.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| confiscare | infinitive |
| confisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| confischi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confisca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confischiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| confiscate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confiscano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confiscavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confiscavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confiscava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confiscavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confiscavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confiscavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confiscai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| confiscasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| confiscò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| confiscammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| confiscaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| confiscarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| confischerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| confischerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| confischerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| confischeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| confischerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| confischeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| confischi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| confischi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confischi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confischiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| confischiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confischino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confiscassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| confiscassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| confiscasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| confiscassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| confiscaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| confiscassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| confischerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| confischeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| confischerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| confischeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| confischereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| confischerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| confisca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| confischiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| confiscate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| confiscando | gerund |
| confiscato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Like other verbs in -care, it adds 'h' before 'e' and 'i' (confischi, confischeranno).
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.