Definition

1. Verb:
   • To hunt down: To search for and capture someone, typically a criminal or fugitive, with great determination and thoroughness. This implies a systematic and persistent search over an area.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát đang lùng bắt kẻ đột nhập. (The police are hunting down the intruder.)
  • Nhà chức trách đã lùng bắt thành công tên trùm ma túy. (The authorities successfully hunted down the drug lord.)
  • Họ tổ chức một chiến dịch để lùng bắt những kẻ chạy trốn. (They organized a campaign to hunt down the escapees.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "lùng bắt" carries a strong connotation of a deliberate, often large-scale, manhunt. It is more intense and systematic than simply "looking for" (). It is commonly used in news reports and official contexts related to crime and law enforcement.

Synonyms

• To hunt down: To pursue determinedly until caught.
• To track down: To find someone by following clues or evidence.
• To pursue (for capture): To follow in order to catch.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Lùng sục, bắt giữ: To comb (an area) and arrest. This phrase emphasizes the searching () aspect before the capture ().
  • Lực lượng an ninh lùng sục, bắt giữ nhiều đối tượng. (Security forces combed the area and arrested many suspects.)

1. Hunt down
   • Lùng bắt một tên tội phạm
     To hunt down a criminal