condemn as

condemn (someone or something) as (something)

To judge someone or something harshly and unfavorably. The other troops have condemned me as a traitor. The actress was quick to condemn the report as slander.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

condemn someone as something

to blame or judge someone as being something bad. The team condemned Larry as a traitor. Max was condemned as a common thief.
See also: condemn
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • condemn
  • condemn (someone or something) as (something)
  • condemn (someone or something) for (something)
  • condemn for
  • be rough on (someone or something)
  • take a poor view of (someone or something)
  • crack down on (something)
  • crack down on, to
  • be soft on (someone)
  • I don't mind telling you
References in classic literature
"That evidence," he observed, "was hardly required in so glaring a case, but I am glad of it, and, indeed, none of our judges like to condemn a criminal upon circumstantial evidence, be it ever so decisive."
Frankenstein