tống giam

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tống giam

Một viên cảnh sát tống giam tên tội phạm vào trong phòng giam.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To put into prison, to imprison: The act of officially confining someone in a jail or prison as a form of punishment or while awaiting trial.
    • To send to jail: The process of taking a person into custody and placing them in a detention facility.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Sau phiên tòa, thẩm phán đã ra lệnh tống giam bị cáo. (After the trial, the judge ordered the defendant to be put into prison.)
    • Cảnh sát đã tống giam tên tội phạm nguy hiểm. (The police sent the dangerous criminal to jail.)
    • Hắn bị tống giam vì tội trộm cắp. (He was imprisoned for theft.)
Advanced Usage
  • Legal/Formal Context: This verb is primarily used in formal, legal, or official contexts, such as in court verdicts, police reports, or news articles about crime.
    • Theo bản án, bị cáo bị tống giam 10 năm. (According to the sentence, the defendant was sentenced to 10 years in prison.)
  • Implies Authority: The action is always carried out by an authority figure or institution (e.g., police, judge, state).
    • Chính quyền đã tống giam những người biểu tình. (The authorities imprisoned the protesters.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Tống lao (verb): A synonym, meaning to put in prison. (Archaic/literary)
  • Tống ngục (verb): A synonym, meaning to send to prison. (Archaic/literary)
  • Bắt giam (verb): To arrest and detain. Focuses more on the initial arrest and detention.
  • Giam giữ (verb): To detain, to hold in custody. A broader term for confinement.
  • Bỏ tù (verb): To put in prison. A more common, general synonym.
Synonyms
  • Bỏ tù: To put in prison.
  • Giam cầm: To imprison, to hold captive.
  • Cầm tù: To imprison.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Tống cổ vào tù: (Idiomatic) To throw someone into jail. Emphasizes forceful or definitive action.
    • Tòa án đã tống cổ tên buôn lậu vào tù. (The court threw the smuggler into jail.)
Related Idioms
  • Tống giam cho khuất mắt: To imprison someone to get them out of sight. Implies imprisonment for convenience or to remove a nuisance rather than purely for justice.
    • Họ muốn tống giam nhà báo đó cho khuất mắt. (They wanted to imprison that journalist to get him out of sight.)
tống giam

Một viên cảnh sát tống giam tên tội phạm vào trong phòng giam.

verb
  1. to put into prison, go to jail