Translation for "pfändete" to english

Pfändete

verb

• seize
• impound
• distrain upon

Translation examples

seize verb

Mistkerl von Gerichtsvollzieher – pfändete alles, was er in seine dreckigen Hände kriegen konnte.
Bastard bailiff—seized whatever he could get his filthy hands on.

Er fällte Urteile, beschlagnahmte Waren, pfändete Schuldner, schickte Leute ins Gefängnis.
he passed sentence, embargoed ships, seized debtors’ goods, sent others to jail, backed up by the army of missatges.

Bei seinem Tod stellte man fest, dass er riesige Schulden angehäuft hatte, woraufhin die Gläubiger seine Villa pfändeten.
Upon his death, it was discovered that he had been enormously in debt, whereupon his creditors seized his manse.