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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He was slapped with a $14,491 fine for using a violent gesture (throat slash) back in Week 9’s win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Consequently, all three adverts were upheld as breaches of the CAP Code—more specifically, edition 12 of the primary framework for the rulings—and slapped with misleading advertising and lack of substantiation.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Dec. 2025
After pleading guilty to wire fraud for the scheme that ran from January 2019 through January 2024, Rebollido got sentenced in October to 19 years and two months in federal prison, and slapped with $16,984,505 restitution.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Another 7 countries were slapped with partial restrictions.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
Consequently, all three adverts were upheld as breaches of the CAP Code—more specifically, edition 12 of the primary framework for the rulings—and slapped with misleading advertising and lack of substantiation.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Dec. 2025
After pleading guilty to wire fraud for the scheme that ran from January 2019 through January 2024, Rebollido got sentenced in October to 19 years and two months in federal prison, and slapped with $16,984,505 restitution.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Another 7 countries were slapped with partial restrictions.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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