bác đoạt
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.