tillskansa
Swedish
Verb
tillskansa (present tillskansar, preterite tillskansade, supine tillskansat, imperative tillskansa)
- (reflexive) to seize, to acquire (something, in a self-serving manner)
- Han tillskansade sig makten
- He usurped the power
- Välgörenhetsorganisationen hade fifflat med siffrorna för att tillskansa sig skattepengar
- The charity had been fiddling the numbers to misappropriate tax money
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tillskansa | — | ||
| supine | tillskansat | — | ||
| imperative | tillskansa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tillskansen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tillskansar | tillskansade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | tillskansa | tillskansade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | tillskanse | tillskansade | — | — |
| present participle | tillskansande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.