bốc bát họ
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
To take out a street loan — an informal «họ» rotating-credit payout turned loan-shark product: you collect a lump sum and repay in steep daily installments; a staple of Northern black-credit stories.
Register: informalEra: ~2010s – present
Examples
Editorial example (batch 057)
Sources & notes
Found via hieuchua.com/define/B%E1%BB%91c%20B%C3%A1t%20H%E1%BB%8D (retrieved 2026-08-10; meaning reference only, definition original). Widely documented in Vietnamese press coverage of tín dụng đen. Corpus already holds the noun stub «bát họ» (vdict import).
Common questions
What does “bốc bát họ” mean?
To take out a street loan — an informal «họ» rotating-credit payout turned loan-shark product: you collect a lump sum and repay in steep daily installments; a staple of Northern black-credit stories. Literally: to lift the group-fund bowl
Is “bốc bát họ” formal or informal?
bốc bát họ is generally informal.