yellow-carding
Referee's formal caution
Yellow-carding is issuing a formal warning, from the yellow card referees show in soccer to caution players for misconduct.
The term extends beyond sports to any official rebuke that stops short of removal or punishment: The committee yellow-carded the senator for violating procedural rules.
A second offense after yellow-carding typically brings harsher consequences.
Offensive or illegal
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- dissentDisagreement with authority
simulation · unsporting · tackle · handball · offside · misconduct · infringement · stoppage
Careful attention to risk
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- admonitionMild verbal correction
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- disciplinaryRelated to enforcing rules
notice · alert · signal · heads-up · second-chance · behavioral · recorded · official
foul
Offensive or illegal
dissent · simulation · unsporting · tackle · handball · offside · misconduct · infringement · stoppage · diving
caution
Careful attention to risk
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
- admonitionMild verbal correction
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
disciplinary · notice · alert · signal · heads-up · second-chance · behavioral · recorded · official · documented
yellow-cardingred-carding
Dismissing from the match
sending off · ejecting · ejection · dismissing · dismissal
yellow, card, yellows, yellowed, yellowing, yellowish, cards, carded, carding