Past tense of decry; strongly criticized or publicly denounced something.
From decry (from Old French décrier: de- + crier to cry out). The past tense is formed regularly in English by adding -ed to the verb base.
When powerful groups decried something—like scientists decrying fake medicine—they were using their authority to warn the public this thing was bad and dangerous.
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