Definition

1. Noun:
   • Circumstances/details of a crime: The specific facts, conditions, and particulars that constitute or surround an offense that has been committed.
   • Criminal culpability/guilt: The state or condition of being legally responsible for a crime, encompassing the nature and severity of the offense.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tòa án đang xem xét kỹ lưỡng tội trạng của bị cáo. (The court is carefully considering the defendant's criminal culpability.)
  • Công tố viên trình bày tội trạng rõ ràng trước phiên tòa. (The prosecutor presented the circumstances of the crime clearly before the trial.)
  • Mức án phụ thuộc vào mức độ nghiêm trọng của tội trạng. (The sentence depends on the severity of the offense.)

Advanced Usage

• In legal contexts, "tội trạng" is often used to refer to the full record or the established facts of a criminal case that demonstrate guilt.
  • Bản cáo trạng đã mô tả đầy đủ tội trạng. (The indictment fully described the criminal facts.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tội (n): crime, sin.

  • Hắn phạm một tội nghiêm trọng. (He committed a serious crime.)

• Trạng (n, archaic/formal): situation, condition, state (often used in compound words).

  • Tình trạng (n): situation, condition.

Synonyms

• Criminal particulars: The specific details of a crime.
• Guilt: The fact of having committed a crime.
• Criminal liability: Legal responsibility for a criminal act.

Related Idioms

• Làm rõ tội trạng: to clarify/establish the criminal facts.
  • Nhiệm vụ của điều tra viên là làm rõ tội trạng. (The investigator's task is to clarify the circumstances of the crime.)