Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Murderer, killer: The person who commits murder or homicide; the perpetrator of a killing.
   • Assassin: A person who murders someone, often for political or monetary reasons.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hung thủ đã bị bắt ngay tại chỗ. (The murderer was arrested on the spot.)
  • Cảnh sát đang truy tìm hung thủ vụ án. (The police are hunting for the killer in the case.)
  • Hung thủ khai nhận động cơ phạm tội. (The assassin confessed the motive for the crime.)

Advanced Usage

• "kẻ hung thủ": This phrase emphasizes the perpetrator, often used in formal or journalistic contexts to mean "the culprit" or "the murderer."
  • Kẻ hung thủ đã bỏ trốn khỏi hiện trường. (The culprit fled the scene.)
• Used in legal and crime reporting contexts to refer specifically to the person who carried out the fatal act.

Variants and Related Words

• Hung phạm (noun): A synonym, also meaning murderer or killer. This is a more formal or literary variant.
  • Hung phạm đã đầu thú. (The killer surrendered.)
• Sát thủ (noun): Assassin, hitman; often implies a professional or contract killer.
  • Hắn ta là một tay sát thủ lạnh lùng. (He is a cold-blooded assassin.)
• Kẻ giết người (noun phrase): Literally "person who kills people"; a more descriptive term for murderer.

Synonyms

• Murderer: One who commits murder.
• Killer: A general term for someone who kills.
• Assassin: A murderer, especially one who kills a prominent figure.
• Perpetrator: A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act (broader but applicable).

Related Phrases

• Truy bắt hung thủ: To pursue/capture the murderer.
  • Lực lượng chức năng đang nỗ lực truy bắt hung thủ. (The authorities are making efforts to capture the murderer.)
• Xác định hung thủ: To identify the murderer.
  • Bằng chứng ADN giúp xác định hung thủ. (DNA evidence helped identify the killer.)

Related Idioms

• Lộ mặt hung thủ: Literally "the murderer's face is revealed"; means the true perpetrator is uncovered.
  • Cuối cùng thì cũng lộ mặt hung thủ. (Finally, the murderer's face was revealed.)
• Hung thủ thực sự: The real/actual murderer.
  • Ai mới là hung thủ thực sự? (Who is the real murderer?)

1. (cũng nói hung phạm) Murderer, killer, assassin
   • Hung thủ đã bị bắt ngay tại chỗ
     The murderer was arrested on the spot