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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of berate.

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Examples

  • At one point, Mr. Mozilo "berated" a senior Countrywide official who questioned his actions on the VIP loans, the agency alleges in its recent filing.

    Suit Says Countrywide CEO Allowed Lax Loans 2010

  • Meanwhile, Ben Smith reports that his German-speaking readers have found reports in the German press saying that an American official "berated" a German official about the speech idea.

    Brandenburg Gate Speech 2009

  • Actually Dr William Lane Craig if this is to whom you refer has "berated" apologists for using the fallacious Liar, Lunatic, Lord argument.

    Time To End The Kindergarten Revolution James F. McGrath 2009

  • Meanwhile, Ben Smith reports that his German-speaking readers have found reports in the German press saying that an American official "berated" a German official about the speech idea.

    More On The Bush Administration's Opposition To Obama Speaking At Brandenburg Gate 2009

  • HE YELLED AT US According to a source at Gawker. com, Aiken "berated" the kids for "unclear" reasons.

    NEWSMAKERS 2007

  • Wyatt, who has served the USDA for over eighteen years and received numerous performance awards, was "berated" and transferred to the western Vermont region, where he was certain he wouldn't see the same kind of egregious behavior.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Greg Kaufmann 2010

  • Legal Aid WA rookie Dragana Nuic, 22, jumped off The Gap - just days after being "berated" by a magistrate in a West Australian court, whose conduct is now being investigated by the

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Legal Aid WA rookie Dragana Nuic, 22, jumped off The Gap - just days after being "berated" by a magistrate in a West Australian court, whose conduct is now being investigated by the

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Treasury's Geithner said to be "really upset" and has "berated" company execs

    CNN.com 2009

  • Treasury's Geithner said to be "really upset" and has "berated" company execs

    CNN.com 2009

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