denounce (one) as (something)

denounce (one) as (something)

To openly disparage one as something. If you denounce the councilman as a liar, you better have evidence to support your claim. How can she denounce me as incompetent when she's the one who messed up the budget? We had to denounce your lead researcher as a liar and a cheat—he plagiarized a number of his papers!

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denounce someone as something

to criticize someone as something; to publicly call someone something bad. The mayor denounced her opponent as a crook. Anne was denounced as a cheater.

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