stigmatise

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stigmatise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stigmatise
      v 1: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as
           disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was
           stigmatized by society because she had a child out of
           wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand,
           denounce, mark]
      2: mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize
         the adulteress" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise]