CONDEMN

(PUNISH) [verb] [T] - to cause something very bad to happen to (someone)The rain condemned her to an afternoon indoors with her tedious aunt.Poverty had condemned him from birth to a life of crime.Someone might be condemned to death or to a long time in prison if their punishment has been formally decided and stated.She was condemned to death on May 12th and executed two weeks later.They were condemned to spend the best years of their lives in prison for a crime they hadn't even committed. [+ to infinitive]