I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
vote of censure
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
motion
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Earlier yesterday the government had defeated an opposition censure motion in the lower house of parliament.
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The reprimand was adopted only after expulsion and censure motions were defeated.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The governor could be pressured to resign by a vote of censure .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A reprimand would allow Gingrich to keep his leadership job, while a formal censure would strip Gingrich of his speakership.
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Appeal to ecclesiastical censure as a way of explaining the misfortunes of scientific theories is a card that can be overplayed.
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By fully exploiting their market position currently, monopolistic firms might elicit adverse public opinion and governmental censure .
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Feargal's censure , Phena's bitterness - a hell of a burden to carry all your adult life.
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Options range from no action to a fine, reprimand, censure or expulsion from the House.
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The prospect of censure intensified what, for Galileo, was fast becoming a dilemma.
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Third, corrective action rather than censure must follow.
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When Parliament returned, the Opposition would take the matter up and proceed to a vote of censure .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Several senators called for Hayes to be censured for his conduct.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ali censures the heretic with a playful stare.
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In particular, they have been censured for failing sufficiently to take into account the needs of local people.
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No sitting speaker in the 208-year history of this Congress has been reprimanded or censured.
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Tammy Bruce was censured by the feminist elite for saying she did not want to deal with a bunch of black women.
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The firms also were censured and fined $ 250, 000 each.
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Who was she to censure him?