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.

Examples of slap with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After two years in business, Bodega has been slapped with a cease-and-desist. —Lily O'Neill, The Denver Post, 15 July 2024

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Uvalde shooting victims’ families file suit against gunmaker, Meta, and Microsoft Live Nation slapped with class-action suit after DOJ investigation Jenny Goldsberry - May 24, 2024 4:01 pm Fetterman helps free American detained in Turks and Caicos over ammunition... —Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 14 June 2024

The movie, which got slapped with a D CinemaScore, stars Crowe as an actor who starts to behave irrationally on the set of his latest horror film, prompting his daughter to investigate whether something more sinister is afoot. —Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2024