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brand

verb [T + obj + noun/adj ] (JUDGE)
 
 
/brænd/

Definition

to say that you think someone is as stated: Because of one minor offence he was branded (as) a common criminal. The newspapers have branded the rebel MP disloyal.Analysing and evaluatingAssessing and estimating value
(Definition of brand verb (JUDGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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