castigate

Indeed, we have the remarkable event last year of the Commission castigating the Court of Auditors for picking on them.
De fait, nous avons assisté l'an dernier au spectacle extraordinaire de la Commission critiquant sévèrement la Cour des comptes, parce que celle-ci osait s'en prendre à eux.
After castigating the Europeans for their miserly defence contributions to NATO, US president Donald Trump travelled to Helsinki in Finland to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Après avoir fustigé les Européens pour leur contribution défensive à l'OTAN, le président des États-Unis, Donald Trump, s'est rendu à Helsinki en Finlande pour rencontrer le président russe Vladimir Poutine.
The European Parliament should have an interest in castigating such inhumanity in all its permutations.
Le Parlement européen devrait condamner ces actes inhumains sous toutes leurs formes.
I knew him from the days when, as an attorney and candidate for state representative, he was castigating landlords.
Je l'ai connu des jours où, en tant qu'un mandataire et candidat pour le représentant d'état, il châtiait des propriétaires.
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