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Meanings of castigate in English

Catalan
punir
Spanish
reñir

Censure severely.

punir
Usage of castigate in English
1
Usually, North Korea doesn't miss an opportunity to castigate its Japanese enemy.
Wired
2
He would castigate himself if he thought he had done something wrong.
The Guardian
3
Gerrard has not been slow to castigate his personnel, occasionally in victory.
The Guardian
4
Once, it could castigate Enoch Powell for his rivers of blood speech.
The Guardian
5
Mom calls me regularly to castigate me for not communicating with Petra.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
6
Perhaps it is unfair to castigate the R&A for doing the right thing.
The Guardian
7
I am just in the mood to castigate those who have displeased me.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
8
The latest prison visiting committee reports are set to castigate overcrowding.
The Irish Times
9
The woman grasped a clothes-stick with which she proposed to castigate her niece.
Ruth Fielding Down East; Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point
10
After a few lines he stopped and began to castigate me.
This child will be great
11
I expected her to castigate him as a traitor, cooperating with the Greeks.
Helen of troy
12
For the Minister now to castigate teachers for refusing to volunteer shows blinding ingratitude.
The Irish Times
13
Let us castigate the lawmakers for their failure to legislate on foot of the amendments.
The Irish Times
14
This time, he will castigate politicians and others for standing aside while that community has bled.
The Irish Times
15
How can we castigate Labour for the routine fulfilment of diplomatic duty in attending a funeral?
The Irish Times
16
It is quite feasible to castigate the 60s for its flashiness, its sexism, its irritating silliness.
The Guardian
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Castigate through the time