| give a talking-to(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, taunt) |
| go after(verb, expression, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| hang something on(verb, expression, idiom, charge, attack) |
| have at(verb, expression, condemn, object, blame) |
| hold accountable(verb, expression, charge, attack, blame) |
| implicate(verb, charge, attack, blame, fault) |
| impute(verb, charge, attack, blame, fault) |
| inculpate(verb, charge, attack, blame, fault) |
| jump on(verb, expression, criticize, reproach, taunt) |
| keep aft(verb, expression, criticize, rate, taunt) |
| kick(verb, oppose, criticize, censure, dislike) |
| lambaste(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, object) |
| lay at door(verb, expression, idiom, charge, attack) |
| lay down the law(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, rate) |
| lay into(verb, expression, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| lay out(verb, expression, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| lecture(verb, reprimand, reproach, taunt, rebuke) |
| libel(verb, charge, attack, blame, fault) |
| light into(verb, expression, reprimand, reproach, taunt) |
| litigate(verb, charge, attack, blame, fault) |