comprehend

apprehend

reprehend

The teacher will reprehend any student caught cheating on an exam.

Comprehend, reprehend, apprehend

No, reprehended isn't a figure of speech, it's the past tense of the verb 'to reprehend', which means to scold, rebuke, criticize, or disapprove. Example sentence:

Mom reprehended me for leaving my bike in the driveway.

in the 1930's. first hints of it were with Manchuria in 1931 when Britain and the League of Nations failed to reprehend Japan for their actions. Neville Chamberlain came to power in 1937 and he is the British Prime Minister famously associated with this form of foreign policy.