Definition

1. Verb:
   • To appropriate, to seize (something belonging to another): "sang đoạt" means to take possession of something, often property or rights, that rightfully belongs to someone else, typically by force, deceit, or abuse of authority.
   • To rob, to plunder: It can also describe the act of robbing or despoiling someone of their belongings or assets.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Kẻ cường hào đã sang đoạt ruộng đất của dân làng. (The local tyrant appropriated the villagers' farmland.)
  • Chúng dùng quyền lực để sang đoạt tài sản một cách trắng trợn. (They used their power to blatantly rob others of their property.)

Advanced Usage Notes

• Usage Context: The word "sang đoạt" is considered literary, archaic, or formal in modern Vietnamese. It is rarely used in everyday conversation and is more likely found in historical, legal, or literary contexts describing acts of usurpation or unlawful seizure.
• Connotation: It carries a strong negative connotation of injustice, oppression, and abuse of power.

Variants and Related Words

• Cướp đoạt (verb): To seize, to rob. This is a more common synonym in contemporary usage.
  • Bọn lừa đảo cướp đoạt tài sản của người già. (The scammers seized the elderly's assets.)
• Chiếm đoạt (verb): To usurp, to misappropriate.
  • Hắn ta bị cáo buộc chiếm đoạt công quỹ. (He was accused of misappropriating public funds.)

Synonyms

• Tước đoạt: To deprive, to strip someone of something.
• Cưỡng đoạt: To take by force, to extort.

Related Phrases

• Sang đoạt quyền lợi: To appropriate/rob someone of their rights.
  • Hành động đó nhằm sang đoạt quyền lợi hợp pháp của người dân. (That action aims to rob the people of their legitimate rights.)
• Sang đoạt tài sản: To seize/plunder property.
  • Lịch sử ghi lại nhiều vụ sang đoạt tài sản thời phong kiến. (History records many instances of property plunder during the feudal era.)

1. (ít dùng) Appropriate, rob