Definition

1. Verb:
   • To invade: To enter a country, region, or area by force with the intent to conquer, occupy, or seize control.
   • To encroach upon / to seize: To take possession of something (like land, property, or rights) that belongs to another, often gradually or by aggressive means.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quân đội đã xâm chiếm lãnh thổ của nước láng giềng. (The army invaded the neighboring country's territory.)
  • Công ty lớn đó bị cáo buộc xâm chiếm đất đai của dân làng. (That large company is accused of seizing the villagers' land.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often carries a strong negative connotation of illegitimacy, aggression, and violation of sovereignty or rights.
• It can be used in both military contexts (invading a country) and broader social/legal contexts (encroaching on rights or property).

Variants and Related Words

• Xâm lược (v): to aggress, to invade (often used specifically for armed invasion or aggression between states).
  • Lịch sử ghi lại nhiều cuộc xâm lược. (History records many invasions.)
• Xâm phạm (v): to infringe, to violate (often used for rights, sovereignty, or privacy).
  • Hành động đó xâm phạm chủ quyền quốc gia. (That action violates national sovereignty.)
• Chiếm đóng (v): to occupy (focusing on the state of control after an invasion).
  • Vùng đó bị chiếm đóng trong nhiều năm. (That region was occupied for many years.)

Synonyms

• Invade: to enter by force.
• Seize: to take hold of forcibly.
• Encroach: to intrude gradually upon.
• Occupy: to take control and hold possession of.

Related Idioms

• Xâm chiếm lãnh thổ: to invade/encroach upon territory.
  • Hành động xâm chiếm lãnh thổ là vi phạm luật pháp quốc tế. (The act of invading territory is a violation of international law.)
• Xâm chiếm không gian: to encroach on space (can be literal or figurative).
  • Cây cối xâm chiếm không gian của con đường. (The trees encroached upon the road's space.)

verb

1. to invade