Question of the Day #675

What this makes clear is that ACMA is increasingly willing to take to task any company that may be in breach of spam laws...

From the 4th paragraph of this article at The National Law Review.

上記の文で、take to taskの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "take to task" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

（人）を叱る、（人）を非難［論難・難詰・問責］する

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To scold, reprimand, lecture, or hold one accountable for some wrong or error they committed.

Examples

• Mom took me to task over my terrible report card.
• You don't have to take everyone to task who misuses the word "literally," you know.
• If he has bad advisers then, surely, they must be taken to task. The Sun (2010)
• Bosses should be taken to task — and to court. The Sun (2013)
• In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans. GRINDR’S TRANS DATING PROBLEM|DAVID LEVESLEY|JANUARY 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

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