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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

"denounce" as "report sb" or "inform on sb

When you report somebody to the secret police or to the tax office you inform on them, right?

How about "denounce" in the same meaning?

I have found this

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Denounce can carry political connotations (like deviation or comrade, say). It is not simply to condemn, it is to name names, especially in a totalitarian society. Tax evaders don't get denounced, kulaks and counterrevolutionaries do; and not to the police, but to the Cheka or the Stasi
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What are the collocations of "denounce" including the victim and the wrong deed?
  

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You have the right idea. I would add that 'denounce' suggests an act that is done publicly rather than secretly. eg Tom denounced Mary to the Cheka.

— Clive

  • You have the right idea.
  • I would add that 'denounce' suggests an act that is done publicly rather than secretly.
  • eg Tom denounced Mary to the Cheka.
  • There is also the meaning of 'declare publicly that something is bad' eg The opposition party denounced the government's new health plan.
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You have the right idea. I would add that 'denounce' suggests an act that is done publicly rather than secretly.

eg Tom denounced Mary to the Cheka.

There is also the meaning of 'declare publicly that something is bad'
eg The opposition par
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