transitive verb

1. to pass an adverse judgment on; disapprove of strongly; censure
2. 1. to declare to be guilty of wrongdoing; convict
   2. to pass judicial sentence on; inflict a penalty upon
   3. to doom
3. ☆ to take (private property) for public use by the power of eminent domain; expropriate
4. to declare unfit for use or service to condemn a slum tenement

Etymology: ME condempnen < OFr condemner < L condemnare < com-, intens. + damnare, to harm, condemn: see damn