All 3 Uses of
denounce
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- It gave me such a funny feeling, as if I'd denounced them to the authorities and was now spying on their misfortune.†
Chpt 42-12
- ...they're all either helping their fellow citizens or denouncing them and sending them off to prison.
Chpt 44-03 *denouncing = informing against
- According to the Christians, the Jews are blabbing their secrets to the Germans, denouncing their helpers and causing them to suffer the dreadful fate and punishments that have already been meted out to so many.†
Chpt 44-05
Definition:
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(denounce) to strongly criticize or accuse publicly
or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)