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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, convict |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, belittle, blow whistle on, call down, castigate, censure, chide, come down on, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, disparage, doom, find fault with, find guilty, frame, hang something on, judge, knock, lay at one's door, let have it, name, pass sentence on, pin it on, point finger at, pronounce, proscribe, punish, put away, put down, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, send up, send up the river, sentence, skin, thumbs down on, upbraid |
| Antonyms: | absolve, acquit, approve, clear, discharge, exonerate, free, pardon, release, set free |
| Main Entry: | incarcerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jail, confinement |
| Synonyms: | bastille, book*, cage*, commit, confine, constrain, coop up, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, intern, jail, lock up, put away, put on ice, put under lock and key, railroad, restrain, restrict, send up the river, settle, slough, take away, throw book at |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide punishment |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, blame, condemn, confine, convict, damn, denounce, devote, doom, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, judge, mete out, ordain, pass judgment, penalize, proscribe, punish, put away, put on ice, railroad, rule, send to prison, send up the river, settle, take the fall, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | accuse, blame, charge |
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