All 6 Uses of
denounce
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- She denounced the Marquis de St. Cyr and all his family to the awful tribunal of the Terror.
Chpt 4 *denounced = accused publicly
- You say that she actually denounced the Marquis de St. Cyr?†
Chpt 4
- That I denounced the Marquis de St. Cyr, you mean, to the tribunal that ultimately sent him and all his family to the guillotine?†
Chpt 7
- Armand knew that: her impulses and imprudence, knew it still better; but Blakeney was slow-witted, he would not listen to "circumstances," he only clung to facts, and these had shown him Lady Blakeney denouncing a fellow man to a tribunal that knew no pardon: and the contempt he would feel for the deed she had done, however unwittingly, would kill that same love in him, in which sympathy and intellectuality could never had a part.†
Chpt 7
- In those days one denunciation was sufficient: Marguerite's few thoughtless words anent the Marquis de St. Cyr bore fruit within twenty-four hours.†
Chpt 8
- He could not now advance many steps, without spying eyes to track and denounce him.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(denounce) to strongly criticize or accuse publicly
or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)