Definition

Verb: - To confiscate (by the state): To officially take private property away from its owner, typically by state authority, often as a penalty or for public use.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính quyền đã sung công toàn bộ tài sản của tên tội phạm. (The authorities confiscated the criminal's entire assets.)
  • Tòa án ra lệnh sung công số hàng hóa nhập lậu. (The court ordered the confiscation of the smuggled goods.)
  • Theo luật, đất đai có thể bị sung công để xây dựng công trình công cộng. (According to the law, land can be confiscated for public construction projects.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị sung công": to be confiscated (passive voice, emphasizing the property).
  • Chiếc xe đó đã bị sung công vì vi phạm nghiêm trọng. (That vehicle was confiscated due to a serious violation.)
• "lệnh sung công": confiscation order.
  • Cảnh sát thi hành lệnh sung công từ tòa án. (The police executed the confiscation order from the court.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tịch thu (verb): To seize, to confiscate. (A close synonym, often used in legal contexts. can imply transfer to state ownership, while can be more general seizure.)
• Trưng thu (verb): To requisition (often for public use, sometimes with compensation, unlike which is typically without compensation as a penalty).
• Trưng dụng (verb): To requisition, to commandeer (for temporary use, often in emergencies).

Synonyms

• Tịch thu: To confiscate, to seize.
• Tước đoạt: To dispossess, to deprive (of property or rights).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Sung công tài sản: To confiscate assets/property.
• Sung công đất đai: To confiscate land.
• Bản án sung công: A confiscation verdict/sentence.

verb

1. to confiscate