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condemned

/kənˈdɛmd/ noun C2
  1. A person sentenced to death.

Plural condemned

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Some time after, the Shepherd, being imprisoned on a false accusation, was condemned “to be cast to the Lions” as the punishment for his imputed crime.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 97 · B2
He had frequently called for capital punishment on criminals, and owing to his irresistible eloquence they had been condemned, and yet the slightest shadow of remorse had never clouded Villefort’s brow, because they were guilty; at least, he believed so; but here was an innocent man whose happiness he had destroyed.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 85 · C1
Let me know my crime, and the reason why I was condemned.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 132 · C1
The very madness of the Abbé Faria, gone mad in prison, condemned him to perpetual captivity.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 138 · C1

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