wrist-slap

Indeed, the man seems to live a charmed life: there has been a distinctly odd pattern of botched police investigations, police mistreatment of at least one victim, and in the end a plea-bargain and a wrist-slap.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

I got off with a wrist-slap—isn't that always the way it is when a politician gets caught in the act while in office?

My One-Term Presidency Con Chapman 2011

Or could it be that the good judge is simply being timorous about allowing the reasons to be known for his "boys will be boys" wrist-slap?

Archive 2009-10-01 2009

But this is a warning to Commerce that the trade judges will scrutinize similar cases in future. this also isn't the only legal wrist-slap Commerce has received on this issue.

A WTO Win for China 2011

But he received only a wrist-slap: a transfer to the 105th precinct, where we caught up with him last week while working the day shift.

Len Levitt: Ray Kelly: Controlling From the Grave Len Levitt 2010

But he received only a wrist-slap: a transfer to the 105th precinct, where we caught up with him last week while working the day shift.

Len Levitt: Ray Kelly: Controlling From the Grave Len Levitt 2010

Instead the Council wheezed up a "presidential statement," in which it condemned the attack, but as far as the actual attacker -- North Korea -- the only direct mention, buried halfway through, was a wrist-slap of "deep concern."

Kick North Korea Out Of The U.N. 2010

The U.N. passed a wrist-slap resolution this week urging him to accept the result.

The Democracy Recession 2010

Instead the Council wheezed up a "presidential statement," in which it condemned the attack, but as far as the actual attacker -- North Korea -- the only direct mention, buried halfway through, was a wrist-slap of "deep concern."

Kick North Korea Out Of The U.N. 2010

The wrist-slap is a risk for Vuitton and other luxury brands as they emphasize their history and authenticity, a consumer trend that has emerged post-economic crisis.

U.K. Bans Two Louis Vuitton Ads as 'Misleading' 2010