Definition

1. Verb:
   • To be condemned, to be convicted: To be found guilty and sentenced by a court of law for a crime.
   • To be implicated in a crime: To be involved in or charged with a criminal offense.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hắn đã can án và phải ngồi tù mười năm. (He was convicted and had to serve ten years in prison.)
  • Người đàn ông đó can án tội cướp của. (That man was convicted of robbery.)
  • Trong vụ án ấy, có ba người can án. (In that case, three people were convicted.)

Advanced Usage

• "can án nhiều lần": to be a repeat offender; to be convicted multiple times.
  • Tên tội phạm này đã can án nhiều lần. (This criminal is a repeat offender.)

Variants and Related Words

• Can phạm (verb/noun): To be guilty of a crime; an offender.
  • Hắn là một can phạm nguy hiểm. (He is a dangerous offender.)
• Bị can (noun): The accused; a defendant in a criminal case.
  • Bị can đã nhận tội trước tòa. (The defendant pleaded guilty in court.)
• Kết án (verb): To sentence; to pass judgment.
  • Tòa án đã kết án hắn. (The court sentenced him.)

Synonyms

• Bị kết tội: to be found guilty.
• Bị kết án: to be sentenced.
• Mắc tội: to commit a crime; to be guilty (less formal).

Notes on Usage

• Formality and Context: "Can án" is a formal, literary, and somewhat archaic term primarily used in legal or historical contexts. In modern everyday Vietnamese, phrases like bị kết án or bị phạt tù are more common.
• Grammar: It is typically used in the passive voice (e.g., , ), describing the state of having been convicted. The subject is the person who receives the sentence.

1. To be condemned, to be convicted