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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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.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Another 7 countries were slapped with partial restrictions.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
Rumors of allegations against the Virginia high school football coach who disappeared just days before being slapped with child pornography charges had been circulating for years before authorities launched an investigation, according to reports.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
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).
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Another 7 countries were slapped with partial restrictions.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
Rumors of allegations against the Virginia high school football coach who disappeared just days before being slapped with child pornography charges had been circulating for years before authorities launched an investigation, according to reports.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
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).
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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