tróc nã
Definition
- Verb:
- To pursue and capture: The primary meaning of "tróc nã" is the official act of searching for, pursuing, and arresting a criminal or fugitive by authorities.
- To be wanted (by law): It describes the status of a person who is the subject of an active manhunt or arrest warrant.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cảnh sát đang truy lùng và tróc nã tên tội phạm. (The police are hunting and pursuing the criminal.)
- Hắn là kẻ bị tróc nã trên toàn quốc. (He is a man wanted nationwide.)
- Lệnh tróc nã đã được phát ra. (An arrest warrant has been issued.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in formal, legal, or official contexts related to law enforcement and justice. It carries a serious, urgent connotation.
- It often appears in news reports, official police statements, and legal documents.
Variants and Related Words
Lệnh tróc nã (n): Arrest warrant.
- Tòa án đã ký lệnh tróc nã. (The court signed the arrest warrant.)
Truy nã (v): A near-synonym, also meaning to pursue and arrest a criminal officially. "Truy nã" is very commonly used, sometimes interchangeably with "tróc nã," though "tróc nã" can sound slightly more formal or literary.
- Bị can đang bị truy nã. (The accused is being pursued for arrest.)
Synonyms
- To hunt down: To search for someone determinedly to catch them.
- To be after (someone): To be in pursuit of someone (informal).
- To be wanted: To be sought by the police for arrest.
Related Idioms
- While "tróc nã" itself is not typically part of idioms, it is the core action in phrases describing intense manhunts, such as "tróc nã gắt gao" (to pursue and capture stringently) or "cuộc tróc nã" (the manhunt/pursuit).