Both Uses of
condemn
in
1984 by Orwell
- Goldstein was the renegade and backslider who once, long ago (how long ago, nobody quite remembered), had been one of the leading figures of the Party, almost on a level with Big Brother himself, and then had engaged in counter-revolutionary activities, had been condemned to death, and had mysteriously escaped and disappeared.
p. 12..1condemned = legally sentenced (to punishment)
- Eleven years ago you created a legend about three men who had been condemned to death for treachery.
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Definition:
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(condemn as in: was condemned to life in prison) force into an undesired activity or situation -- such as to legally sentence someone to punishment
or:
find guilty -- especially in court (and sometimes to death)
or:
provide the means of finding guilty