chastise

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Whether he’s comforting the suffering masses or chastising the powerful for spreading inequality, he models the many ways that rhetoric can work.

From Los Angeles Times

Some experts pointed out that the fact that Fed supervisors began chastising SVB on the lower end of the scale, issuing MRAs, suggested they did not anticipate an issue that could collapse the firm.

From Reuters

Mr. Sanders was chastised for cutting off Mr. Schultz’s testimony because of “time constraints.”

From Washington Times

In tiny Lebanon, Amnesty chastised the authorities for escalating rhetoric against Syrian refugees and the queer community - instead of undertaking badly needed economic reforms for an International Monetary Fund bailout package.

From Washington Times

Relations between the United States and Mexico have been strained under Lopez Obrador, who has curbed security cooperation and chastised the conduct of DEA agents in Mexico, accusing them of trampling on Mexico's sovereignty.

From Reuters