tống ngục
Definition
- Verb:
- To imprison, to incarcerate, to throw into jail: The act of confining someone in a prison or jail, often as a form of punishment or while awaiting trial. It implies a forceful or official act of sending someone to prison.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chính quyền đã tống ngục những kẻ phản loạn. (The authorities imprisoned the rebels.)
- Hắn bị tống ngục vì tội cướp của. (He was thrown into jail for robbery.)
- Tòa án có thể tống ngục bị cáo nếu bị kết tội. (The court can incarcerate the defendant if found guilty.)
Advanced Usage
- Legal/Formal Context: The term is often used in formal, legal, or historical contexts to describe the act of imprisonment by an authority.
- Sau phiên tòa, quan tòa ra lệnh tống ngục phạm nhân ngay lập tức. (After the trial, the judge ordered the immediate imprisonment of the convict.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tống giam (verb): A synonym meaning to imprison, to take into custody. It is often used interchangeably with .
- Bỏ tù (verb): A more common and colloquial term for "to put in prison".
- Giam cầm (verb): To detain, to hold captive.
- Ngục (noun): Prison, jail. This is the noun form within the compound verb .
Synonyms
- Bắt giam: To arrest and imprison.
- Cầm tù: To hold prisoner.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Tống vào ngục: A more explicit phrasing meaning "to throw into prison". This is essentially a breakdown of the compound verb itself.
- Họ đã tống hắn vào ngục. (They threw him into prison.)
Related Idioms
- Tống cổ vào ngục: An emphatic idiom meaning "to shove/kick someone into jail". It adds a stronger sense of force or contempt.
- Tên tội phạm bị tống cổ vào ngục. (The criminal was kicked into jail.)
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