Meaning
to search, to frisk
- to conduct a legal or police search of a person, vehicle, or premises
In a sentence
La polizia ha deciso di perquisire l'appartamento del sospettato.
The police decided to search the suspect's apartment.
Non possono perquisire la tua borsa senza un valido motivo.
They cannot search your bag without a valid reason.
Hanno perquisito tutti i passeggeri prima di salire sull'aereo?
Did they search all the passengers before boarding the plane?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| perquisire | infinitive |
| perquisisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| perquisisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perquisisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perquisiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| perquisite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perquisiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perquisivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| perquisivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perquisiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| perquisivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perquisivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perquisivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| perquisii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| perquisisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| perquisì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| perquisimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| perquisiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| perquisirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| perquisirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| perquisirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| perquisirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| perquisiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| perquisirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| perquisiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| perquisisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| perquisisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perquisisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perquisiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| perquisiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perquisiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perquisissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| perquisissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| perquisisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| perquisissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| perquisiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| perquisissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| perquisirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| perquisiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| perquisirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| perquisiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| perquisireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| perquisirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| perquisisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| perquisiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| perquisite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| perquisendo | gerund |
| perquisito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the person or place searched as direct object (e.g., 'perquisire la casa', not 'perquisire per').
- Specifically legal/police context; use 'cercare' for general looking for things.