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Sentence (an offender) to the maximum penalties (5,3,4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

throw the book at

(Other definitions for throw the book at that I've seen before include "carpet?" , "Punish severely" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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