Meaning
to steal, smuggle away
- to take or remove something secretly and unlawfully, especially artworks, relics, or documents
In a sentence
I ladri hanno cercato di trafugare diversi dipinti preziosi dal museo.
The thieves tried to steal several valuable paintings from the museum.
Chi avrebbe potuto trafugare quei documenti riservati dall'archivio?
Who could have smuggled those confidential documents out of the archive?
Il reperto non è andato perduto, bensì trafugato durante la guerra.
The artifact was not lost, but rather stolen during the war.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| trafugare | infinitive |
| trafugo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| trafughi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trafuga | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trafughiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| trafugate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trafugano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trafugavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trafugavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trafugava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trafugavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trafugavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trafugavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trafugai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| trafugasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| trafugò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| trafugammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| trafugaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| trafugarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| trafugherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| trafugherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| trafugherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| trafugheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| trafugherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| trafugheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| trafughi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| trafughi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trafughi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trafughiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| trafughiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trafughino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trafugassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| trafugassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| trafugasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| trafugassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| trafugaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| trafugassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| trafugherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| trafugheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| trafugherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| trafugheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| trafughereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| trafugherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| trafuga | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| trafughiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| trafugate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| trafugando | gerund |
| trafugato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Typically applied to works of art, historical artifacts, or classified documents stolen covertly.