Definition

Verb: - To seize, to appropriate, to dispossess: To take something (especially property, rights, or land) from someone by force, authority, or unjust means. This word carries a formal and somewhat literary nuance, often implying an abuse of power.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Kẻ cường hào đã bác đoạt tài sản của dân làng. (The local tyrant seized the villagers' property.)
  • Quyền tự do ngôn luận không thể bị bác đoạt một cách tùy tiện. (The right to free speech cannot be arbitrarily taken away.)

Advanced Usage

• "bác đoạt quyền lợi": to deprive someone of their rights/benefits.
  • Hành động đó nhằm bác đoạt quyền lợi chính đáng của người lao động. (That action aims to deprive workers of their legitimate rights.)
• "bác đoạt tài sản": to confiscate/dispossess someone of their assets.
  • Theo bản án, hắn phải hoàn trả số tài sản đã bác đoạt. (According to the verdict, he must return the assets he appropriated.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tước đoạt (verb): A more common synonym meaning to strip, deprive, or seize. It is often used in similar contexts.
  • bác đoạt and tước đoạt can frequently be used interchangeably, though tước đoạt is more prevalent in modern usage.
• Chiếm đoạt (verb): To usurp, to take possession of something (often wrongfully).
• Cưỡng đoạt (verb): To seize by force, to expropriate.

Synonyms

• Tước đoạt: to strip, to deprive.
• Chiếm đoạt: to usurp, to take over.
• Cướp đoạt: to rob, to plunder (stronger, more violent connotation).
• Tịch thu: to confiscate (often by legal or official authority).

Notes on Usage

• bác đoạt is a formal word, more commonly found in legal, historical, or literary contexts than in everyday conversation. In modern spoken Vietnamese, tước đoạt or chiếm đoạt are more frequently used.
• It specifically conveys the act of taking something away that rightfully belongs to someone else, often through an unjust exercise of power.