castigate
Example Sentences
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"You will be the same person that will castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria," he added.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
Mr. Cooper called in to “Geraldo” to argue that he was not at fault, and to castigate his son.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023
“There is a desire everywhere to castigate those who are in power,” said Alberto Vergara, a political scientist at the University of the Pacific in Peru.
From Washington Post • May 29, 2022
Vanessa Bryant has waged an intense battle with the county, even using her social media cachet to castigate the sheriff and name the deputies linked to the photo scandal.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2021
It probably misses the point, though, to castigate McCandless for being ill prepared.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
