slap with

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

Carts allegedly operating as black-market, private-hire vehicles can be banned from the streets for over a month, or drivers slapped with 4,000-euro ($4,600) fines for unlicensed tour guiding. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

The tweet above was eventually slapped with a Community Note debunking the claims. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026

Bottom line Despite all that Apple has going for it, the stock might get slapped with downgrades and a selloff when Ternus takes over. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, hundreds of student and faculty who participated in pro-Palestinian protests had already been slapped with legal and academic repercussions amid a crackdown on the movement. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026