Definitions:

1. to appropriate property for public use verb
   • The county condemned the land to build a highway.
2. to compel or force into a particular state or activity verb
   • If you harm the king's cat, you may be condemned to death.
3. to declare or judge unfit for use or habitation verb
   • The building was condemned by the inspector
4. to demonstrate the guilt of someone verb
   • Their strange behavior condemned them.
5. to express strong disapproval of verb
   • We condemn the racism in South Africa.
6. to pronounce a sentence on somebody in a court of law verb
   • I was condemned to ten years in prison.

Synonyms:

• reprobate
• sentence

NearBy Words:

• condemnable
• condemnation
• condemnatory
• condemning