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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Many other economies, particularly in Southeast Asia, were also slapped with new tariff rates on Monday, ranging from 25% to 40%.
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Lionel Lim, Fortune, 8 July 2025
The company was also slapped with a $180 million fine by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Just down the road is the International Criminal Court, whose chief prosecutor and four judges have been slapped with sanctions by Trump.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
The family-friend label came a cropper after it was slapped with a multi-million-dollar copyright lawsuit by Disney, Warner Bros. and other major Hollywood studios for making unauthorized cuts – of scenes deemed unsuitable for family viewing by the brothers – to their movies and series.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 June 2025
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Lionel Lim, Fortune, 8 July 2025
The company was also slapped with a $180 million fine by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Just down the road is the International Criminal Court, whose chief prosecutor and four judges have been slapped with sanctions by Trump.
—Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
The family-friend label came a cropper after it was slapped with a multi-million-dollar copyright lawsuit by Disney, Warner Bros. and other major Hollywood studios for making unauthorized cuts – of scenes deemed unsuitable for family viewing by the brothers – to their movies and series.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 June 2025
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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