Definition

1. Verb:
   • To round up: To gather, collect, or corral people, animals, or things into one place, often quickly and in an organized manner. This action can be for purposes of counting, moving, controlling, or arresting.
   • To conduct a raid / to make a sweep: To apprehend or detain a group of people, typically by authorities in a sudden, coordinated operation.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát quây ráp một nhóm tội phạm trong quán bar. (The police rounded up a group of criminals in the bar.)
  • Người nông dân quây ráp đàn vịt vào chuồng trước cơn bão. (The farmer rounded up the flock of ducks into the pen before the storm.)
  • Họ quây ráp tất cả tài liệu cần thiết cho cuộc họp. (They rounded up all the necessary documents for the meeting.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies an element of urgency, efficiency, or official action to bring scattered elements together.
• It is commonly used in news reports regarding police or security operations.

Variants and Related Words

• Vây bắt (v): To surround and capture. This emphasizes the surrounding aspect more strongly than "quây ráp."

  • Lực lượng an ninh vây bắt nghi phạm. (The security forces surrounded and captured the suspect.)

• Lùng bắt (v): To hunt down and capture. This emphasizes the searching aspect.

  • Cảnh sát đang lùng bắt kẻ trốn truy nã. (The police are hunting down the fugitive.)

Synonyms

• Round up: To gather together.
• Corral: To gather and confine (often used for animals).
• Raid: To conduct a sudden, surprise operation to arrest people or seize goods.

Related Idioms

• While "quây ráp" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the action it describes is central to phrases like:
  • Thực hiện một cuộc quây ráp: To carry out a round-up/raid.
  • Bị quây ráp trong một chiến dịch truy quét: To be rounded up in a sweep operation.

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