Why shouldn't denunciate be a real word? It is listed at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denunciate https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denunc

Why shouldn't denunciate be a real word? It is listed at https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denunciate https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denunciate and https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/denunciate https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/denunciate. But right, that other quote was horrible. Almost too perfect a fit for the complete psychopath image they were painting.