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đút túi

Viên chức tham nhũng đó đã bị bắt vì tội đút túi hàng tỷ đồng ngân sách nhà nước.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To pocket dishonestly, to embezzle: The primary and most common meaning of "đút túi" is to take money, especially public funds, for oneself in a secretive, corrupt, or dishonest manner. It implies a wrongful appropriation.
    • To bribe, to give a backhander (less common): In some contexts, it can mean to give money secretly to someone, often an official, to gain an unfair advantage, though "đút lót" is more precise for this meaning.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Một số quan chức đã đút túi hàng tỷ đồng tiền cứu trợ. (Some officials pocketed billions of dong in relief money.)
    • Hắn ta tìm cách đút túi số tiền chênh lệch từ hợp đồng. (He found a way to pocket the difference from the contract.)
    • Việc đút túi tiền công quỹ là một tội phạm nghiêm trọng. (Pocketing public funds is a serious crime.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term carries a strong negative connotation of corruption, theft, and abuse of position. It is often used in news reports, legal contexts, and discussions about graft.
  • It typically involves a breach of trust, where someone entrusted with funds (a public official, accountant, manager) secretly takes them for personal use.
Variants and Related Words
  • Đút lót (verb): To bribe. This focuses on the act of giving money to corrupt someone else.
    • Hắn phải đút lót cảnh sát để được thả. (He had to bribe the police to be released.)
  • Tham nhũng (noun): Corruption. This is the broader concept.
  • Biển thủ (verb): To embezzle, to misappropriate. A more formal synonym.
  • Ăn chặn (verb): To take a cut, to skim off. This implies taking a portion of money that passes through one's hands.
Synonyms
  • Biển thủ: To embezzle.
  • Chiếm đoạt: To appropriate, to seize.
  • Vơ vét: To grab, to scoop up (often illicitly).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Đút túi riêng: To put into one's own pocket (emphasizes the personal gain).
    • Anh ta đút túi riêng toàn bộ số tiền lợi nhuận. (He put the entire profit into his own pocket.)
Related Idioms
  • While "đút túi" itself is often used in a straightforward manner, it is conceptually related to idioms about corruption:
    • Bòn rút của công: To pilfer public property.
    • Tham ô, tham nhũng: To be corrupt, to engage in corruption.
đút túi

Viên chức tham nhũng đó đã bị bắt vì tội đút túi hàng tỷ đồng ngân sách nhà nước.

  1. Appropriate, pocket dishonestly (public money)
  2. Dense, dull
    • Cậu học sinh này đụt lắm
      This pupil is pretty dense.
  3. (địa phương) Take shelter, shelter (from rain...)
    • Kiếm chổ đụt mưa To
      seek shelter from rain