tiêu xưng

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Definition

1. Verb (obsolete, legal):
   • To falsely accuse / to bear false witness: The act of a guilty person making a false statement or deposition that implicates an innocent person in a crime.
   • To frame an innocent person: To provide false testimony with the intent of shifting blame or guilt onto someone who is not culpable.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tên trộm bị bắt đã tiêu xưng cho người hàng xóm. (The captured thief falsely accused his neighbor.)
  • Hành vi tiêu xưng là một tội nghiêm trọng. (The act of bearing false witness is a serious crime.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily found in historical or formal legal contexts and is considered archaic in modern everyday Vietnamese. It describes a specific malicious act within judicial proceedings.

Word Origin and Notes

• Etymology: The term is composed of "tiêu" (to consume, to nullify) and "xưng" (to claim, to declare). Combined, it conveys the idea of making a declaration that negates justice or consumes someone's good name.
• Usage Note: As an obsolete term, "tiêu xưng" is rarely used in contemporary language except when discussing historical legal cases or classical literature.

Synonyms

• Vu khống: to slander, to defame.
• Cáo gian: to falsely charge/accuse.
• Bịa chuyện để hãm hại: to fabricate stories to harm someone.

Related Concepts

• Làm chứng dối: to give false testimony.
• Đổ tội: to shift blame.