mẹ mìn

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A woman who entices or kidnaps children to sell them: This term refers to a female criminal who deceives, lures, or abducts children, typically for the purpose of trafficking or selling them. It carries a strong negative connotation of betrayal and exploitation.
   • A child-seducer / child-abductor: It describes a woman who seduces or tricks children, often to lead them away from safety for malicious purposes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mọi người trong làng cảnh giác với bất kỳ ai có thể là mẹ mìn. (Everyone in the village is wary of anyone who might be a child trafficker.)
  • Câu chuyện về mẹ mìn thường được kể để dạy trẻ em không đi theo người lạ. (Stories about child-seducers are often told to teach children not to go with strangers.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in a specific, criminal context. It is not a general term for "mother" or any benign role.
• It often appears in warnings, folk tales, or news reports about child safety and human trafficking.

Variants and Related Words

• Bắt cóc (v): to kidnap, to abduct.
  • Tội phạm thường bắt cóc trẻ em. (Criminals often kidnap children.)

Synonyms

• Child trafficker: A person who trades children.
• Kidnapper: A person who abducts someone.
• Seducer (in a malicious sense): One who leads astray through deception.

Related Idioms

• While "mẹ mìn" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it is conceptually related to warnings about strangers.
  • Cảnh giác với mẹ mìn. (Be wary of child-seducers.)