condemn

Verb

• appropriate (property) for public use
  • the county condemned the land to build a highway
    

• pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
  • He was condemned to ten years in prison
    

• demonstrate the guilt of (someone)
  • Her strange behavior condemned her
    

• compel or force into a particular state or activity
  • His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence
    

• declare or judge unfit for use or habitation
  • The building was condemned by the inspector
    

• express strong disapproval of
  • We condemn the racism in South Africa
    
  • These ideas were reprobated
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sentence , doom , reprobate , decry , objurgate , excoriate