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reprimand
noun as in oral punishment
verb as in blame, scold
Example Sentences
The report will now go to the standards committee of the Senedd to recommend whether and how to reprimand Laura Anne Jones, with a final decision to fall to the Welsh Parliament itself.
Last year, the Electoral Commission was publicly reprimanded for a litany of security failures that allowed hacking groups to spy undetected, after breaking into databases and email systems.
She thinks more staff are needed on public transport instead, to reprimand noisy passengers.
Another witness, who was not a complainant in the case, told the court if members socialised with other people, word would travel "up the ranks" and they would be "reprimanded by the leaders".
He is standing up to one of his superiors, who had reprimanded him for the language that he uses.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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