fustigate

fustigate
fustigation, n.fustigator, n.fustigatory /fus"ti geuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.
/fus"ti gayt'/, v.t., fustigated, fustigating.
1. to cudgel; beat; punish severely.
2. to criticize harshly; castigate: a new satire that fustigates bureaucratic shilly-shallying.
[1650-60; < LL fustigatus, ptp. of fustigare to cudgel, deriv. of L fustis cudgel; for formation, see FUMIGATE]

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