censured
Example Sentences
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It’s infrequent that a judge is publicly or privately censured.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
In response, Mr. Karrubi is neither punished nor censured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
McCarthyism is remembered so well because it was finally extinguished by the mainstream: Congress censured McCarthy, and Eisenhower criticized him.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025
The ombudsman said the comments "brought the council into disrepute" but, on Friday, the council's standards committee said Williams would be be censured, but not suspended.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
For this he was censured in the Senate by Fabius Maximus, who called him the corruptor of the Roman army.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
