tiếm quyền
Definition
- Verb:
- To usurp power: To seize and hold a position of power, especially a throne or high office, by force or without legal right. This is the core and most specific meaning of "tiếm quyền."
- To arrogate authority: To claim or take authority that one is not entitled to.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Vị tướng phản bội đã tiếm quyền và tự xưng là hoàng đế. (The treacherous general usurped power and declared himself emperor.)
- Không ai được phép tiếm quyền của hội đồng quản trị. (No one is allowed to arrogate the authority of the board of directors.)
- Lịch sử ghi lại nhiều vụ tiếm quyền ngai vàng. (History records many instances of usurping the throne.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a strong negative connotation of illegitimacy, betrayal, and acting against established law or tradition. It is frequently used in historical and political contexts.
- "Kẻ tiếm quyền": a usurper (noun).
- Kẻ tiếm quyền cuối cùng đã bị lật đổ. (The usurper was finally overthrown.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tiếm đoạt (v): to usurp, to seize (often used for property or rights in addition to power).
- Hắn ta âm mưu tiếm đoạt tài sản của gia tộc. (He plotted to usurp the family's assets.)
- Soán ngôi (v): to usurp the throne. This is a more specific synonym for the royal context.
- Âm mưu soán ngôi của hoàng tử đã bị phát hiện. (The prince's plot to usurp the throne was discovered.)
Synonyms
- Usurp: To take a position of power illegally or by force.
- Arrogate: To take or claim something without justification.
- Seize power: A more general phrase for taking control, often by force.
Related Idioms
- While "tiếm quyền" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, the concept is central to phrases like:
- Cướp ngôi: to snatch the throne (usurp). This is a more colloquial equivalent.
- Loạn quân đã vào cung để cướp ngôi. (The rebel troops entered the palace to snatch the throne.)