Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To be robbed / to be stolen by robbers: The primary meaning describes the event of having one's property or belongings taken away forcibly or through theft by robbers or bandits.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Gia đình họ vừa mất cướp đêm qua. (Their family was robbed last night.)
  • Chiếc xe máy mới của anh ấy đã mất cướp. (His new motorbike was stolen by robbers.)
  • Khu vực này trước đây thường xuyên xảy ra mất cướp. (This area used to have frequent robberies.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can sometimes be used more broadly in informal contexts to describe a feeling of being cheated or unfairly deprived of something valuable, similar to "to be robbed" in English.
  • Mua món đồ đó với giá ấy thì đúng là mất cướp! (Buying that item at that price is practically being robbed!)

Variants and Related Words

• Cướp (v): to rob, to steal by force.
  • Tên cướp đã bị bắt. (The robber was caught.)
• Mất trộm (v): to be burgled; to have something stolen (often without direct confrontation).
  • Cửa hàng của họ bị mất trộm. (Their shop was burgled.)

Synonyms

• To be robbed: to have property taken unlawfully by force or threat.
• To be looted: to be robbed, typically on a larger scale during chaos.

Related Idioms

• Cướp ngày: to commit a robbery in broad daylight, indicating a brazen crime.
  • Bọn chúng dám cướp ngày giữa chợ. (They dared to rob in broad daylight in the market.)