Definition

1. Verb:
   • To intercept, to waylay: To wait for and stop someone while they are traveling along a road or path, often with a specific intent.
   • To ambush: To lie in wait to attack or confront someone on their route.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát đón đường bọn tội phạm. (The police intercepted the criminals on the road.)
  • Anh ấy bị đón đường và cướp điện thoại. (He was waylaid and had his phone stolen.)

Advanced Usage

• "đón đường cướp giật": to mug, to commit a street robbery/hold-up.
  • Khu vực này nguy hiểm, hay xảy ra các vụ đón đường cướp giật. (This area is dangerous; muggings often occur here.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chặn đường (verb): to block the road/path. This is a close synonym but can imply physically blocking the path rather than lying in wait.
• Phục kích (verb): to ambush (often in a military or tactical context, implying hiding).

Synonyms

• Intercept: to stop or catch someone or something going from one place to another.
• Waylay: to stop someone who is going somewhere, especially to talk to them or attack them.

Related Phrases

• Nằm chờ đón đường: to lie in wait to ambush/intercept.
  • Bọn cướp nằm chờ đón đường các xe chở hàng. (The robbers lay in wait to ambush the cargo trucks.)

1. Stop (someone) on his way
   • Đón đường cướp giật
     To hold up