Definition

1. Verb:
   • To implicate / to involve (in a negative situation): To cause someone to become involved in a problem, trouble, or a legal case, often through association or indirect connection.
   • To drag into / to entangle: To bring an unwanted burden or complication upon someone else, making them share the consequences of an action or event.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Vụ án tham nhũng liên luỵ đến nhiều quan chức. (The corruption scandal implicated many officials.)
  • Hành động của anh ta có thể liên luỵ cả gia đình. (His actions could drag his whole family into it.)
  • Tôi không muốn liên luỵ bạn bè vào rắc rối của mình. (I don't want to involve my friends in my troubles.)

Advanced Usage

• The word carries a strong negative connotation, implying guilt, blame, or misfortune is being unfairly or unfortunately extended to others.
• It is often used in legal, moral, or social contexts where one person's actions create collateral trouble for others.

Variants and Related Words

• Bị liên luỵ (v): to be implicated, to be adversely affected as a consequence of another's actions.
  • Nhiều người vô tội bị liên luỵ trong vụ kiện. (Many innocent people were implicated in the lawsuit.)

Synonyms

• Implicate: To show someone is involved in a crime or wrongdoing.
• Involve: To include someone in an activity or situation, especially an unpleasant one.
• Entangle: To involve someone in difficulties or complicated circumstances.

Related Idioms

• Mang hoạ liên luỵ: To bring calamity that implicates others.
  • Lời nói thiếu suy nghĩ của anh ấy mang hoạ liên luỵ cho cả nhóm. (His thoughtless words brought calamity that implicated the whole group.)