Definition of sentence/condemn to death
: to officially order (someone) to be killed as punishment for a crime The jury quickly convicted her and sentenced/condemned her to death.
What does being condemned mean?
1 : to declare to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil usually after weighing evidence and without reservation a policy widely condemned as racist. 2a : to pronounce guilty : convict. b : sentence, doom condemn a prisoner to die.
What word means to be sentenced especially to death?
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a state-sanctioned practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime.