censured

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The City Council formally censured Lopez in 2022, barred him from committee appointments and limited his interactions with city staff outside of meetings.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025

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 Senate investigators didn’t agree; the committee censured the police superintendent.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling