Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Complicit, being an accomplice: "đồng lõa" describes the state of being jointly involved in a bad or illegal act with others.
   • Colluding, conspiring: It indicates participation in a secret or wrongful agreement.

2. Verb (to be party to):

   • To be an accomplice to, to collude in: The action of participating with others in committing a crime or wrongdoing.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Hắn bị kết tội là đồng lõa trong vụ cướp. (He was convicted as an accomplice in the robbery.)
  • Cảnh sát đang tìm kiếm những kẻ đồng lõa. (The police are searching for the accomplices.)

• Verb:

  • Không ai có thể phủ nhận rằng họ đã đồng lõa với tội ác. (No one can deny that they were party to the crime.)
  • Bằng sự im lặng, anh ta đã đồng lõa với hành vi bắt nạt. (Through his silence, he colluded in the bullying behavior.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị buộc tội đồng lõa": to be charged with being an accomplice.

  • Người quản lý bị buộc tội đồng lõa trong vụ gian lận tài chính. (The manager was charged with being an accomplice in the financial fraud.)

• "hành vi đồng lõa": act of complicity.

  • Hành vi đồng lõa của anh ta khiến hình phạt càng thêm nặng. (His act of complicity made the punishment even more severe.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đồng phạm (noun): Co-perpetrator, joint offender (a more formal legal term often used interchangeably).

  • Cả hai bị cáo đều bị xử như những kẻ đồng phạm. (Both defendants were tried as co-perpetrators.)

• Kẻ tòng phạm (noun): Accomplice, accessory (specifically refers to the person).

  • Kẻ tòng phạm đã khai ra tên trùm. (The accomplice revealed the boss's name.)

Synonyms

• Cấu kết: To collude, to conspire (emphasizes secret planning).
• Tiếp tay: To abet, to lend a hand (often implies assisting in the act).

Related Phrases (Verb Phrases)

• Đồng lõa với ai/việc gì: To be an accomplice with someone/to something.
  • Họ nghi ngờ ông ta đồng lõa với nhóm buôn lậu. (They suspect him of being an accomplice with the smuggling group.)

Related Idioms

• Im lặng là đồng lõa: Silence is complicity.
  • Anh phải lên tiếng, vì im lặng là đồng lõa mà. (You must speak up, because silence is complicity.)

1. Accomplice; to be party to