condemnedcon‧demned /kənˈdemd/ adjective [only before noun] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Chin spent the night locked in a jail cell with a condemned man.
- Here are the kitchens where the condemned prisoner's last meal was prepared.
- The state allows no communication with a condemned man.
- But once a man is condemned, danger is something as simple as power, and money is power.
- Council members condemned plans to make universities bid for public money based on the number of students they expected to teach.
- He had watched the prison officers putting the rope around the condemned man's neck.
- Like Jagger, like Rotten, he is condemned to live out its pantomime for ever.
- Needless to say, he fails, and she is condemned to be executed.
- She walked through, feeling like a condemned convict.
- The team even received some compensation in the event of a last-minute reprieve being granted to the condemned person.
Longman Language Activatorto be forced to do something because of a bad situation► force
Collocations: force somebody to do something · They had so little money that they were forced to sell the farm.· They were halfway up the mountain, when the weather became so bad that they were forced to turn back. force somebody into something · Here, girls are often forced into prostitution because they have no other means of earning money.
► drive if something, especially someone else's behaviour drives someone to do something, it has such a bad effect on them that it forces them to take extreme action: drive somebody to do something: · At the trial, she claimed that years of abuse from her violent husband had driven her to kill him.drive somebody to despair/desperation etc: · Many farmers claim that they have been driven to desperation by the latest blow to the industry.drive somebody to drink (=make someone drink alcohol all the time in order to forget their situation): · This job's enough to drive anyone to drink!drive somebody into doing something: · Her mother's continual nagging drove her into running away from home.
► have no choice/option to be forced to do something because it is the only thing you can do even though you may not want to do it: · We had to leave them there. We had no choice.· Firefighters said they had to knock down the remaining walls - they have no other option.leave somebody with no choice/option but to do something: · You leave me with no option but to resign.leave somebody with no choice/ option: · The business was failing, and in the end we had to close it down. We were left with no choice.
► compel somebody to do something formal if a bad situation compels someone to do something they do not want to do, they are forced to do it because they feel there is nothing else they can do: · The high cost of materials will compel manufacturers to increase their prices.· These people are compelled by poverty to commit crime.
► be condemned to to be forced to accept a very unhappy situation because there is nothing else you can do: be condemned to do something: · The rich lived in luxury while thousands were condemned to live a life of poverty and despair.be condemned to something: · The island was condemned to centuries of colonial rule.· The accident condemned her to a lifetime of pain and disability.
when someone is killed as a punishment► execute to kill someone as a punishment for a serious crime: · King Charles I was executed on 30th January 1649.· The two young men spent 6 months in jail waiting to be executed.execute somebody for something (=because of a particular crime): · This is a backward and cruel society, in which people are executed for homosexuality and adultery.
► put somebody to death written to officially arrange for someone that you have power over to be killed - used especially in historical descriptions: · The chief priests wanted to arrest Jesus and put him to death.· No woman had been put to death in the state since the American Revolution.have somebody put to death: · The queen would have people put to death for her own amusement.
► capital punishment the system of killing criminals as a legal punishment: · I don't believe bringing back capital punishment would reduce crime.· Most people that we questioned were against capital punishment.
► the death penalty the legal punishment of being killed for a serious crime: · The death penalty does not exist in Britain.· Do you think they should bring back the death penalty?carry the death penalty (=to be a crime for which the punishment is death): · Murder is one of the few offences that carries the death penalty.
► death sentence the punishment of death that a judge decides to give to someone who is guilty of a serious crime: receive/be given a death sentence: · He is the youngest person ever to be given a death sentence in San Diego County.
► capital offence British /capital offense American, also capital crime an offence or crime that will be punished by death: · Drug-smuggling is a capital offence in many countries.
► be on death row if a criminal is on death row , they are in prison before being killed as punishment for a crime, especially in the US: · Larson has been on death row since 1995 for murdering a taxi driver.
► condemned a condemned man, prisoner etc is in prison before he or she is killed as punishment for a crime: · The state allows no communication with a condemned man.· Here are the kitchens where the condemned prisoner's last meal was prepared.
to get a particular punishment► get/be given to be officially given a punishment: · He deserves to get at least 10 years in prison.· You'll probably just get a fine.· McLean was given a life sentence for his part in the bombing.
► be condemned formal to be given a particular punishment by a court, especially a severe punishment: be condemned to 20 years/life imprisonment etc: · Thomas McMahon was condemned to life imprisonment for killing Lord Mountbatten.be condemned for murder/robbery/theft etc: · He was taken away after being condemned for robbery and armed assault.be condemned to death: · Lewis was condemned to death after a trial lasting a year and a half.condemned man/woman/prisoner (=someone who is condemned to death): · The prison rules allow no communication with a condemned man.
WORD SETS► Crime & Lawalarmed, adjectiveallegation, nounamnesty, nounbail, nounbreath test, nouncharge sheet, nouncircumstantial, adjectivecompensation, nouncompensatory, adjectivecomplicity, nouncondemned, adjectivecondemned cell, nounconfess, verbconfession, nounconman, nouncontraband, nouncuff, verbdebug, verbdetain, verbdick, nounenforce, verbfed, nounFederal Bureau of Investigation, nounflogging, nounforensic, adjectivegallows, noungaolbird, noungas chamber, noungibbet, nounguillotine, nounhang, verbhanging, nounhard labour, nounimpeach, verbKC, nounlaunder, verblawsuit, nounleg irons, nounlicensed, adjectivelicensing laws, nounlife, nounlife sentence, nounline-up, nounlynch, verblynch mob, nounpenalty point, nounpenology, nounpolygraph, nounposse, nounprisoner, nounracket, nounracketeer, nounracketeering, nounrake-off, nounransom, nounransom, verbreport, verbreprieve, nounriot, nounshop, verbsilk, nounspeed trap, nounstalker, nounstrip search, nountransport, verbtransportation, nountribunal, nounundercover, adjectivevictim, nounwrongdoing, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a condemned prisoner
1a condemned person is going to be punished by being killed2a condemned building is officially not safe to live in or use (=one who is going to be punished by being killed)· There is an appeal process for condemned prisoners.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► man· At the top of the steps stood the condemned man with the rope around his neck.· Pool simply coasted along, and Darlington, for all of their honest endeavour, played with the confidence of condemned men.· All through the meal he picked at his food, while Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man.· One man who was attendant to the condemned men said that cell 13 became like a church.· The pinioned hands of the condemned man went suddenly white as the noose and the drop snapped his spinal column.· Maura began walking towards them like a condemned man on his way to the gallows.