1. castigated
1. Just as single mothers were irrationally castigated then, so today an equally irrational hagiography has risen around them.
2. castigated
2. Two radio journalists were castigated by a committee member during the investigation for monopolizing the telephone connection to the hostage taker.
3. Local officials too have been castigated for concocting statistics that win approbation from superiors bent upon boosting GDP numbers.
4. The pictures caused a sensation on the Internet and Jackson was castigated by German newspapers.