phá trại giam

Definition

1. Noun (Legal Term):

   • Prison break: The act of illegally and forcibly escaping from a place of lawful detention, such as a prison or jail. This term specifically refers to the event or crime itself.

2. Verb Phrase (Action):

   • To break out of prison / to escape from jail: The action carried out by prisoners to get out of a detention facility unlawfully.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Vụ phá trại giam đã gây chấn động. (The prison break caused an uproar.)
  • Hắn bị kết tội tổ chức phá trại giam. (He was convicted of organizing a prison break.)

• Verb Phrase:

  • Nhóm tù nhân đã lên kế hoạch phá trại giam. (The group of prisoners planned to break out of jail.)
  • Chúng cố gắng phá trại giam nhưng thất bại. (They attempted to escape from prison but failed.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is formal and is primarily used in legal, judicial, or official news contexts to describe the serious crime of escaping from state custody.

Variants and Related Words

• Vượt ngục (v/n): A more common, general term for prison escape/breaking out of jail. It can be used in both formal and informal contexts.

  • Tên tội phạm đã vượt ngục thành công. (The criminal successfully broke out of jail.)

• Đào tẩu (v): To desert or flee (often from a duty or military post); can be used in a broader sense than just prison.

Synonyms

• Prison break: The act of escaping from prison.
• Jailbreak: An escape from jail.
• Escape from custody: The act of getting away from lawful detention.

Related Legal Concepts

• Tội phá trại giam: The crime of prison break.
  • Hắn phải đối mặt với cáo buộc tội phá trại giam. (He faces charges for the crime of prison break.)