slap with
phrasal verb
slapped with; slapping with; slaps with
US, informal
: to punish (someone) with (a fine, lawsuit, etc.)
The judge slapped the company with a fine for polluting the river.
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If the power conferences attempted to deny access to the Group of Six, they would get slapped with an antitrust lawsuit within seconds.
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
He has been slapped with dozens of charges, including 15 counts of murder.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
He was slapped with a $14,491 fine for using a violent gesture (throat slash) back in Week 9’s win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Consequently, all three adverts were upheld as breaches of the CAP Code—more specifically, edition 12 of the primary framework for the rulings—and slapped with misleading advertising and lack of substantiation.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Dec. 2025
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
He has been slapped with dozens of charges, including 15 counts of murder.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
He was slapped with a $14,491 fine for using a violent gesture (throat slash) back in Week 9’s win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Consequently, all three adverts were upheld as breaches of the CAP Code—more specifically, edition 12 of the primary framework for the rulings—and slapped with misleading advertising and lack of substantiation.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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