Both Uses of
reprimand
in
The Lovely Bones
- The only trouble in her file was a slight altercation early in the year when a teacher reprimanded her for bringing obscene literature—Fear of Flying—into the classroom.†
Chpt 2 *reprimanded = criticized
- "No better than the child," his father often reprimanded her.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
to criticize someone by telling them what they did wrong -- often in a formal manner