All 6 Uses of

condemn
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis

Solid though his enthusiasms were in the matter of medicine—his admiration of this city surgeon, his condemnation of that for tricky ways of persuading country practitioners to bring in surgical patients, his indignation about fee-splitting, his pride in a new X-ray apparatus—none of these beatified him as did motoring.†
Chpt 16

condemnation = expression of strong criticism

That isn't meant as a condemnation of Gopher Prairie, and it may be a condemnation of me.†
Chpt 36 *

That isn't meant as a condemnation of Gopher Prairie, and it may be a condemnation of me.†
Chpt 36

She saw the furniture as a circle of elderly judges, condemning her to death by smothering.†
Chpt 4

She sought to be sensible; she elaborately explained to herself that it was hysterical to condemn Gopher Prairie because it did not foam over the drama.†
Chpt 18

Definitions:

(1) (condemn as in: She condemned their plan)
express strong criticism
(2) (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
(3) (condemn as in: condemned the building)
an official government finding that a building is not suitable to be occupied
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

In law, condemn can also refer to a legal real estate procedure in which the government forces someone to sell property to the government.