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The phrase "decry as" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to publicly criticize or condemn something or someone as wrong, immoral, or unacceptable. Example: The journalist's article decrying the government's actions as corrupt and oppressive sparked widespread outrage and calls for change.
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President Trump's administration has taken the rather remarkable and controversial step of separating families who immigrated illegally at the border — a move that opponents decry as inhumane and are sure will backfire on Republicans during the 2018 elections.
Carper backs a different version of the legislation that supporters decry as a poison pill.
He also faces several other corruption cases that his lawyers decry as "lawfare".
But some important developments that foreigners decry as the result of government intervention are in fact the opposite.
Everything that so many fans in Europe, especially England, decry as ruining the game has seemingly enriched it in India.
He managed to persuade Syrian opposition groups to turn up after they threatened a boycott over what they decry as anaemic support from the West.
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Subsequently, the PRI held its first presidential primary, which critics decried as fraudulent.
The strategy has been decried as reckless by some who fear that the attempts could backfire.
Weight loss surgeries are decried, as is the multi-billion dollar diet industry.
Comics have been decried as fostering illiteracy.
Sexuality may be decried as license or permitted as pornography.
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