đại bịp
Definition
Noun:
- A grand swindler / a major con artist: Refers to a person who commits large-scale, elaborate, or highly deceptive frauds. The term emphasizes the significant scale, sophistication, or audacity of the deception.
- A big scam / a major fraud: Can refer to the deceptive scheme or act itself, not just the person.
Adjective (attributive):
- Massively fraudulent / a major con: Used to describe a situation, scheme, or operation that is fundamentally and deceptively dishonest on a large scale.
Usage Examples
Noun (person):
- Hắn ta không phải kẻ lừa đảo vặt mà là một tên đại bịp. (He is not a petty scammer but a grand swindler.)
- Cảnh sát vừa bắt giữ một đại bịp trong ngành tài chính. (The police just arrested a major con artist in the finance industry.)
Noun (scheme):
- Dự án đầu tư đó hóa ra là một đại bịp. (That investment project turned out to be a big scam.)
Adjective:
- Đó là một chiêu thức đại bịp nhằm chiếm đoạt tài sản. (That was a massively fraudulent trick to appropriate assets.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "đại bịp" carries a strong connotation of shamelessness and deliberate, calculated deception, often surpassing simple lying or petty theft. It implies a performance or elaborate setup designed to cheat victims.
Variants and Related Words
Bịp (n/v): A scam; to scam, to swindle. This is the root word, denoting general deception or trickery.
- Hắn chuyên đi bịp người già. (He specializes in scamming the elderly.)
Lừa đảo (n/v): Fraud; to defraud. A more formal legal term for fraud.
- Lừa bịp (v/n): To deceive/cheat; deception. A common compound combining "lừa" (deceive) and "bịp".
Synonyms
- Con artist: A person who cheats others by using tricks.
- Swindler: A person who uses deception to deprive someone of money or property.
- Fraudster: A person who commits fraud.
- Scam: A dishonest scheme.
Related Idioms and Expressions
Cờ bạc bịp: Rigged gambling; gambling games that are fraudulently manipulated.
- Sòng bạc đó toàn là cờ bạc bịp. (That casino is full of rigged games.)
Trò bịp: A con trick, a scam.
- Anh đừng tin vào trò bịp đó. (Don't fall for that con trick.)