(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If someone is ~ed, they are spoken to angrily or seriously for doing something wrong, usually by a person in authority. (FORMAL)
He was ~ed by a teacher for talking in the corridor...
Her attempts to ~ him were quickly shouted down.
VERB: be V-ed for -ing/n, V n
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Reprimand is also a noun.
He has been fined five thousand pounds and given a severe ~.
N-VAR