rap on the knuckles

A quick, minor punishment intended to serve as a warning. The public was outraged that the company only received a rap on the knuckles from the regulatory agency after being caught illegally dumping chemicals in the river.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Heshel	-	Yiddish
Alejandra	ah-le-KHAHN-drah	Spanish
Riccarda	-	Italian
Magda	MAHK-dah (German), MAHKH-dah (Dutch), MAHG-dah (Polish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Romanian, Portuguese
Darin	DER-in, DAR-in	English
Walherich	-	Ancient Germanic