CASTIGATE


Meaning of CASTIGATE in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Admittedly, Norton-Taylor castigates the food industry as well as the landowners and the farmers - he spreads his castigation very evenly.

He castigated those who had become wealthy by exploiting their political standing for private gain.

He even castigated himself for not being a better example, more patient, gentler.

Hodge castigated Rhee's statement and the actions of his supporters.

Lydia did not castigate herself for so disliking a fellow-being, believing that it was sufficient merely to refrain from overt unkindness.

More importantly, by castigating conductive education he obscures some very important implications that the method has for the West.

She'd also had time to castigate herself for meekly following him inside.

The aristocracy of this period has been castigated for its naked self-interest and expediency.

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