Crossword Clue:

to declare to be bad

Answer	Crossword Clue
SHAME	Bad thing to be put to
BORES	Bad sorts to be stuck talking to at a gathering
NOONE	Who "knows what it's like to be the bad man," according to a 1971 hit by the Who

ATTEST	Declare to be so
AVOW	Declare to be true
AVER	Declare to be true.
AFFIRM	Declare to be true
ALLEGE	Declare to be true
DENY	Declare to be false
ATTEST	Declare to be true
AVER	Declare to be true

ATTEST	Declare to be genuine
CALLATRUTH	Declare to be factual?
CNNZ	Formally declare to be a saint