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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Over in Fort Worth, Texas, Tommy's boss, Cami Miller (Demi Moore), gets slapped with a massive lawsuit after her husband, Monty Miller’s (Jon Hamm), death, forcing Tommy to switch into crisis-manager mode with help from his M-Tex legal crew, Nate (Colm Feore) and Rebecca Falcone (Kayla Wallace).
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
The man accused of randomly setting a woman on fire while on a Chicago transit train this week has been slapped with a federal terrorism charge, marking the latest instance of violence on public transit that continues to plague the country.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 22 Nov. 2025
The companies paid $102 million in civil penalties last October after being slapped with a civil suit by the Department of Justice.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
Oakley got slapped with a $10,000 fine.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
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Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
The man accused of randomly setting a woman on fire while on a Chicago transit train this week has been slapped with a federal terrorism charge, marking the latest instance of violence on public transit that continues to plague the country.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 22 Nov. 2025
The companies paid $102 million in civil penalties last October after being slapped with a civil suit by the Department of Justice.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 18 Nov. 2025
Oakley got slapped with a $10,000 fine.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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