Both Uses of
denounce
in
Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- Denounce him to the police?
Chpt 7 *denounce = inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)
- That struck me as a little odd, my friend, because I remember that at that dinner of which you spoke, you held forth on the superior merits of petrol and denounced the buying of cyanide as dangerous and unnecessary.†
Chpt 10denounced = strongly criticized or accused publicly OR (more rarely) informed against someone
Definition:
to strongly criticize or accuse publicly
or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)
or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)