pass sentence

Verb

Meaning

pass sentence (third-person singular simple present passes sentence, present participle passing sentence, simple past and past participle passed sentence)

(intransitive) To sentence; to pronounce a sentence on a criminal.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

adjudicate act on

Examples

This is the antinomy: Insofar as we believe in morality we pass sentence on existence. Friedrich Nietzsche

Hear the evidence before you pass sentence. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

pass round the hat pass rush pass rusher pass sentence on pass shot pass slowly