All 19 Uses of
denounce
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Well, then, I should say, for instance," resumed Danglars, "that if after a voyage such as Dantes has just made, in which he touched at the Island of Elba, some one were to denounce him to the king's procureur as a Bonapartist agent"— "I will denounce him!" exclaimed the young man hastily.†
Chpt 3-4
- "I will denounce him!" exclaimed the young man hastily.†
Chpt 3-4
- Yes, but they will make you then sign your declaration, and confront you with him you have denounced; I will supply you with the means of supporting your accusation, for I know the fact well.†
Chpt 3-4
- "No, no," continued Danglars; "if we resolve on such a step, it would be much better to take, as I now do, this pen, dip it into this ink, and write with the left hand (that the writing may not be recognized) the denunciation we propose."†
Chpt 3-4
- "Yes, and that's all settled!" exclaimed Caderousse, who, by a last effort of intellect, had followed the reading of the letter, and instinctively comprehended all the misery which such a denunciation must entail.†
Chpt 3-4
- "Oh, sire," replied the minister, "we have no occasion to invent any; every day our desks are loaded with most circumstantial denunciations, coming from hosts of people who hope for some return for services which they seek to render, but cannot; they trust to fortune, and rely upon some unexpected event in some way to justify their predictions."†
Chpt 9-10
- What matters really, not only to me, but to officers of justice and the king, is that an innocent man should languish in prison, the victim of an infamous denunciation, to die here cursing his executioners.†
Chpt 13-14
- They denounced Edmond as a Bonapartist agent.†
Chpt 27-28 *
- Which of the two denounced him?†
Chpt 27-28
- It was Danglars who wrote the denunciation with his left hand, that his writing might not be recognized, and Fernand who put it in the post.†
Chpt 27-28
- Albert resumed his seat, and Beauchamp read, with more attention than at first, the lines denounced by his friend.†
Chpt 77-78
- Fernand Mondego, Count of Morcerf, an old soldier who has fought in twenty battles and whose honorable scars they would denounce as badges of disgrace.†
Chpt 77-78
- To you, as the king's attorney, I denounce Mademoiselle de Villefort, do your duty."†
Chpt 79-80
- Oh, send for some one to whom I can denounce the wretch!†
Chpt 83-84
- "Not at all; we have received with the information all the requisite proofs, and we are quite sure M. de Morcerf will not raise his voice against us; besides, it is rendering a service to one's country to denounce these wretched criminals who are unworthy of the honor bestowed on them."†
Chpt 85-86
- Valentine, would you rather denounce your stepmother?†
Chpt 101-102
- Mr. Procureur," said Morrel with increasing vehemence, "no mercy is allowed; I denounce the crime; it is your place to seek the assassin."†
Chpt 103-104
- Certainly, after witnessing the culpable indolence manifested by M. de Villefort towards his own relations, I ought to have denounced him to the authorities; then I should not have been an accomplice to thy death, as I now am, sweet, beloved Valentine; but the accomplice shall become the avenger.†
Chpt 103-104
- "Think of it, madame," he said; "if, on my return, justice his not been satisfied, I will denounce you with my own mouth, and arrest you with my own hands!"†
Chpt 107-108
Definition:
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(denounce) to strongly criticize or accuse publicly
or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)