denounce
v.v. to publicly state that someone or something is bad, wrong, or evil. You use this when a leader or a group wants to show they strongly disagree with an action.
v. to publicly declare to be wrong or evil; to inform against someone. Transitive — requires a direct object representing the person, group, or ideology being condemned.
The government moved to denounce the violent attacks.
Human rights groups were quick to denounce the new law as a violation of basic freedoms.
While some advisors suggested a quiet diplomatic approach, the president chose to formally denounce the treaty violation before the international assembly to signal a clear shift in policy.
From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + nūntiō (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from nūntius (“messenger, message”). Doublet of denunciate.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object; often followed by 'as' to specify the nature of the criticism.
they denounced about the decisionthey denounced the decisionDenounce is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'about'.