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
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In just the first week of April, the county was slapped with at least three new lawsuits by people who say they were abused as teens.
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Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
In more extreme cases, employers could be slapped with discrimination complaints for refusing employees who are new mothers or have long-term health conditions from working remotely.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 10 Apr. 2024
Trump trials: Donald Trump was slapped with a partial gag order in the New York hush money case that bars him from talking about witnesses and court staffers in the case.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Then the tables turned, and Ms. Oh was the one slapped with an accusation of serious misconduct.
—Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Foxman’s tweet, however, was slapped with a Community Note for taking Glazer’s quote out of context.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
Houston coach Kelvin Sampson was slapped with two technical fouls and ejected with 15:08 remaining in a home win against Oklahoma State on Feb. 6.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
His legal issues spilled over to Erika, who was named in a fraud case and slapped with multiple civil suits for allegedly participating in the mistreatment of said funds.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
It got slapped with a $375,000 fine (for context, DoorDash’s stock price is $120 and change), but don’t brush this off as a one-and-done.
—Forrester, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
In more extreme cases, employers could be slapped with discrimination complaints for refusing employees who are new mothers or have long-term health conditions from working remotely.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 10 Apr. 2024
Trump trials: Donald Trump was slapped with a partial gag order in the New York hush money case that bars him from talking about witnesses and court staffers in the case.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Then the tables turned, and Ms. Oh was the one slapped with an accusation of serious misconduct.
—Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Foxman’s tweet, however, was slapped with a Community Note for taking Glazer’s quote out of context.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
Houston coach Kelvin Sampson was slapped with two technical fouls and ejected with 15:08 remaining in a home win against Oklahoma State on Feb. 6.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
His legal issues spilled over to Erika, who was named in a fraud case and slapped with multiple civil suits for allegedly participating in the mistreatment of said funds.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
It got slapped with a $375,000 fine (for context, DoorDash’s stock price is $120 and change), but don’t brush this off as a one-and-done.
—Forrester, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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