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The city that I live in is called Sao Paulo and it is spelled P-A-U-L-O - that's a U in the middle, not an O - get it wrong and Brazilians will chastise you.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2015

The first time you forget, everyone in the production will chastise you.

From Inc • Jun. 7, 2013

I will chastise him, therefore, and release him.'

From The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Emmerich, Anna Catherine

Avarice chastises its slave in middle life with whips; but if he abide its slave, it will chastise him when he is old with scorpions.

From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William

Hurry!" called Robert, "or Mynheer Jacobus will chastise you.

From The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)