Meaning
requisition, confiscate
- to seize or commandeer private property by official authority, usually for public need
- to confiscate or take possession of something arbitrarily
In a sentence
Durante l'emergenza, il prefetto ha ordinato di requisire diversi edifici.
During the emergency, the prefect ordered the requisitioning of several buildings.
La polizia ha requisito i documenti falsi trovati sul veicolo.
The police confiscated the fake documents found in the vehicle.
Perché hanno deciso di requisire quei terreni privati?
Why did they decide to requisition those private lands?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| requisire | infinitive |
| requisisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| requisisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| requisisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| requisiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| requisite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| requisiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| requisivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| requisivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| requisiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| requisivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| requisivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| requisivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| requisii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| requisisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| requisì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| requisimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| requisiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| requisirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| requisirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| requisirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| requisirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| requisiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| requisirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| requisiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| requisisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| requisisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| requisisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| requisiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| requisiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| requisiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| requisissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| requisissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| requisisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| requisissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| requisiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| requisissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| requisirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| requisiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| requisirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| requisiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| requisireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| requisirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| requisisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| requisiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| requisite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| requisendo | gerund |
| requisito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Conjugates with the -isc- infix in the present tenses (e.g., 'io requisisco').
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.