take to task (v.)

• accuse
• admonish
• allege
• arraign
• article
• book
• castigate
• charge
• chasten
• chastise
• chide
• cite
• complain
• correct
• denounce
• discipline
• finger
• impeach
• imply
• impute
• indict
• insinuate
• lecture
• objurgate
• penalize
• pillory
• punish
• rate
• rebuke
• report
• reprehend
• reprimand
• reproach
• reprove
• scold
• spank
• task
• tax
• twit
• upbraid