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

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

Being slapped with contempt by lawmakers carries the potential of hefty fines and jail time. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

He was instead slapped with four life sentences plus ten years. — Forbestv, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

The two of them party hard enough and often enough that local police officer Montgomery (Missi Pyle) knows them by name; when some particularly irresponsible carousing crosses a line, however, they’re slapped with a community service sentence. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 July 2026