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Castigator

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cas·ti·gate  (kst-gt)
tr.v. cas·ti·gat·ed, cas·ti·gat·ing, cas·ti·gates
1. To inflict severe punishment on. See Synonyms at punish.
2. To criticize severely.
[Latin castgre, castgt-, from castus, pure; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]
casti·gation n.
casti·gator n.
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It's not difficult to imagine what the News of the World would make of a story like that, particularly as the celebrity in this case was a well known champion of the poor and a castigator of the rich and powerful - a "do-gooder", to use the modern term of contempt.
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