verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
severely
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In May 1989, a registrar admitted a drink-driving charge and was severely reprimanded by the Lord Chancellor.
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The hapless Sidney Barnett was found guilty of assault and severely reprimanded by the court.
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The baffled executioners were severely reprimanded before getting another crack at Vincent.
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Debra remembered as a very young child being severely reprimanded by her father.
■ NOUN
house
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Today, Dole and Barbour are gone and Gingrich stands diminished after having been reprimanded by the House for ethical misconduct.
letter
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Meekins got a letter of reprimand .
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Forty-seven other officers were stung with lesser penalties ranging from long suspensions to letters of reprimand .
■ VERB
recommend
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The subcommittee recommended Gingrich be reprimanded .
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In 1990, when the ethics panel recommended a reprimand for Rep.
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Investigators recommended that Flynn be reprimanded for failing to get required advance clearance of his remarks from the State Department.
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But Democrats flatly denied that the subcommittee already had unanimously agreed to recommend a reprimand .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After the trial two police officers were suspended from duty; four others were reprimanded.
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Breslin was sharply reprimanded for insulting an Asian-American reporter.
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The foreman reprimanded the workers severely for not following safety procedures.
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The man was released after being officially reprimanded for illegal possession of a knife.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He resented being called from his office to be reprimanded.
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If you complain, then maybe they will be reprimanded, but then you are a dead man...
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Wasim, though has been reprimanded by Lancashire for comments attributed to him in this book.
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With some effort he looked down at his feet as if to reprimand them.