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Castigate (Verb)

Inflict severe punishment on.

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The court will castigate the defendant with a life sentence for the heinous crime committed.
The school's strict principal would often castigate students who misbehaved in class with extra homework and detention.
In an effort to curb corruption, the government vowed to castigate any official found guilty of embezzlement.
After the athlete failed a doping test, the committee decided to castigate her with a four-year ban from competing.
The dictator's regime would castigate anyone who spoke out against the government with torture and imprisonment.

Censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The report highlighted the government's incompetence and served to castigate those responsible for the environmental disaster.
The teacher did not hesitate to castigate her student for cheating on the exam, citing the violation of the school's honor code.
Critics castigate the politician for failing to address the crisis sooner, arguing that he could have mitigated its effects.
His arrogant behavior was publicly castigated by his former colleagues who felt betrayed by his actions.
The family patriarch was known to castigate anyone who dared to object to his rules, seeing dissent as a personal attack on his authority.