to condemn
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5.6
- verb
- /kənˈdɛm/
- Formal
:
condenar a
- I might be condemning you to death.
- condemned to death
- condemned by the court
- condemned prisoners
And because they've already condemned him to death Calisthenase the previous day, they acquit Ergophilus.
- And because they've already condemned him to death Calisthenase the previous day, they acquit Ergophilus.
- And when Socrates has been condemned to death, Credo manages to bribe the guards and Credo's rich, right?
- And and so the jury condemned him to death because of what Xenophon called his big talk in court.
- He was been convicted and condemned, condemned to die for his wife's murder, which of course, is tearing him apart because he really loved her a lot.
Examples
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One is Socrates, who is condemned to death unjustly by the Athenian democracy, and he is forced to swallow the hemlock.
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The Sanhedrin has condemned Jesus to death, but they can't execute people.
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I cannot sit here and watch you condemn him to death.
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Can I condemn this man to slavery?
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I have the power to judge and condemn to death... any villain on my land.
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According to this law, he could be condemned to nine to fifteen years in prison.
Academic text (1999) -
"You risk death for us all if you attempt to rescue a condemned prisoner."
Fiction book (1998) -
We were condemned as criminals, forced into exile.
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It was here where Jesus was publicly charged and condemned to death by Pontius Pilate.
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The judge decided to condemn the defendant to ten years in prison for his crimes.
Synonyms
821
1.0
Make someone suffer for doing something wrong
321
6.3
To give someone a punishment in court, for example prison time
60
5.5
Punish someone or make them suffer a loss for breaking a rule
4
9.9
Give someone a legal punishment in court
Antonyms
How Punished
Surface Forms
Etymology
Condemn comes from Latin con- 'together' and damnare 'to judge or doom', the same root as damn. So when a court 'condemns' a person it 'judges' them guilty and 'dooms' them to a punishment.