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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There was some pre-emptive action taken on the assumption tariffs would be implemented, but that created situations like Nintendo moving hardware production out of China to Vietnam and Cambodia where now both of those countries have been slapped with some of the highest tariffs of them all.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
But one country, oil-producing Guyana, has been slapped with 38%.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
The countries that do produce those goods, such as Guatemala and Madagascar, have been slapped with tariffs that range from 10% to 47%.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
Traditionally, a movie slapped with an adults-only NC-17 rating, or that has no rating at all, has struggled to make any money.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
But one country, oil-producing Guyana, has been slapped with 38%.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
The countries that do produce those goods, such as Guatemala and Madagascar, have been slapped with tariffs that range from 10% to 47%.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
Traditionally, a movie slapped with an adults-only NC-17 rating, or that has no rating at all, has struggled to make any money.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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