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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As well as being slapped with a travel ban, he was sentenced to six-month prison sentence and a five-year shooting ban, which were commuted on appeal.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 May 2025
China is slapped with a 34-percent reciprocal tariff, due to what the administration calculated as its own 67-percent tariff on U.S. imports.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The small African country of Lesotho was hit with a 50 percent tariff, and China was originally slapped with a 34 percent tariff.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Chinese goods, for example, will be hit with a 34% levy, while products from the European Union will be slapped with 20% duties.
—Josh Fellman, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 May 2025
China is slapped with a 34-percent reciprocal tariff, due to what the administration calculated as its own 67-percent tariff on U.S. imports.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The small African country of Lesotho was hit with a 50 percent tariff, and China was originally slapped with a 34 percent tariff.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Chinese goods, for example, will be hit with a 34% levy, while products from the European Union will be slapped with 20% duties.
—Josh Fellman, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Slap with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20with. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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