(~s, chastising, ~d)
If you ~ someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done. (FORMAL)
Thomas Rane ~d Peters for his cruelty...
The Securities Commission ~d the firm but imposed no fine...
I just don’t want you to ~ yourself.
= reprimand
VERB: V n, V n, V pron-refl