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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The company released a more expensive version of its subscription-fee offering in the EU in 2023, but was slapped with a €200 million ($232 million) fine in April after regulators argued the model still breached the bloc’s digital antitrust rules and didn’t offer users a genuine free choice.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Produced by Live Nation Studios (A Star is Born) and Future Artists Entertainment (Poker Face), Wilson stars in Girl Group as a pop diva who’s been kicked out of her own group’s reunion tour and slapped with a community service court order.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Her son Cedric Von Ferdinand, who was her caretaker, has since been slapped with dozens of fraud charges for allegedly assigning himself her power of attorney and forging signatures, among other offenses, according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In the light rail’s early days, CATS attendants checked tickets frequently enough that people assumed the risk of getting slapped with a fare evasion fee was too high, McCrory said.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Produced by Live Nation Studios (A Star is Born) and Future Artists Entertainment (Poker Face), Wilson stars in Girl Group as a pop diva who’s been kicked out of her own group’s reunion tour and slapped with a community service court order.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Her son Cedric Von Ferdinand, who was her caretaker, has since been slapped with dozens of fraud charges for allegedly assigning himself her power of attorney and forging signatures, among other offenses, according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLE.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In the light rail’s early days, CATS attendants checked tickets frequently enough that people assumed the risk of getting slapped with a fare evasion fee was too high, McCrory said.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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