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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Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, who is pushing for a hefty raise, was slapped with multiple state campaign finance violations and ordered to pay $55,000 to settle the matter.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Court records indicate this was Crouch’s ninth arrest within the county – the most recent being one day before he was slapped with a higher bond amount over the alleged assault charges.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Since the start of the war, major Chinese firms and banks have largely looked to toe the line on US sanctions to avoid being slapped with secondary sanctions on their international business.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
And yet if a player spoke up about it—or made a joke on social media—they’d be slapped with a fine from the league.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Court records indicate this was Crouch’s ninth arrest within the county – the most recent being one day before he was slapped with a higher bond amount over the alleged assault charges.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Since the start of the war, major Chinese firms and banks have largely looked to toe the line on US sanctions to avoid being slapped with secondary sanctions on their international business.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
And yet if a player spoke up about it—or made a joke on social media—they’d be slapped with a fine from the league.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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