Reverse Dictionary: PUNISH

ADJECTIVES
► BIRKED birched, punished with a birch rod → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CULPABLE guilty, criminal; deserving punishment or condemnation → 1303 obs.
► IN FOR IT in trouble, about to be reprimanded or punished → M17 sl.
► PUNITIONAL characterized by punishment → 1824
► PUNITORY inflicting punishment; retributive, punishing → 1710
► VENGEABLE punishable → 1650 obs.

NOUNS
► ALMS deserved punishment  → 1914 Sc.
► ASS-KICK a punishment, a beating → 1970s US sl.
► BACKSIDING chastising, denigrating, punishing → 1997 Black British sl.
► BADGER’S BAND the clashing of kettles, pans, etc. in from of the house of an obnoxious person; a rural form of punishment for notorious offenders → 1860 Eng. dial.
► BASTINADE ► BASTONADE an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit’s feet →  1660 arch.
► BASTINADO an Eastern method of corporal punishment by beating with a stick the soles of the culprit’s feet → 1726
► BESOM a bundle of rods or twigs used as an instrument of punishment; a birch → c893 obs.
► BOWS a severe punishment → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUM RAP undeserved punishment → 1926 US sl.
► BUMPING a seizing a person by the arms and legs and striking his or her rump against a post, wall, etc., esp. as a punishment → 1751
► CANEOLOGY the doctrine of the use of the cane in corporal punishment → 1837 humorous usage
► CANK punishment → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CARROT AND STICK reward and punishment, esp. as alternative means of persuasion Bk1999  (Bk.)
► CASTIGATION chastisement, corrective punishment or discipline, correction, chastening → c1397 obs.
► COMINGS one’s due or just deserts → 1947 Amer. dial.
► CP corporal punishment → 1987 US sl.
► CUPAR JUSTICE execution of a person before trial; summary justice, arbitrary punishment → 1681 chiefly Sc.
► CUTS corporal punishment, esp. of schoolchildren → 1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
► DEVIL’S JUDGEMENT a punishment, retribution → 1830 Sc.
► DICHENS a beating, punishment → 1838 Sc.
► DICTION punishment, chastisement, scolding; generally used in plural → 1924 Sc. 
► DINGBAT a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment → 1895
► DINGBATLER a blow or slap on the buttocks; a paddling, a sharp scolding, reprimand, punishment → 1895
► DIRDUM a punishment, a scolding; blame, reprehension → 1823 Sc.
► DOCTOR GREEN’S MEDICINE the use of a slender limb of a tree to strike or whip a child as punishment → 1905 Amer. dial.
► DOCTOR GREENWADE’S MEDICINE the use of a slender limb of a tree to strike or whip a child as punishment → 1905 Amer. dial.
► DOWN-THE-BANKS a scolding, a reprimand, punishment of any kind → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► DUCKING-STOOL a device used to punish scolding women and dishonest tradesmen; a ‘machine’ used to duck or dip offenders into water or excrement → 16C
► FUSILLATION capital punishment by shooting → 1859
► GAD a stick or whip for driving oxen or punishing children → 1848 Amer. dial.
► GAFF severe treatment, criticism, punishment, or hardship → 1904 US sl.
► GANCH the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself → 1625-6 obs.
► GANCHING capital punishment by impaling → 1614 obs.
► GANDIEGOW a blow, a stroke, punishment → 1866 Sc. obs.
► GANTLOPE a military punishment (sometimes also naval) in which the culprit had to run stripped to the waist between two rows of men who struck at him with a stick or a knotted cord → 1646
► GAROTTE ► GARROTTE the Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation; the apparatus for inflicting this → 1622
► GAUNCH the apparatus employed in the execution of criminals by ganching (impaling); the punishment itself → 1625-6 obs.
► GAZOOK-STRAP a leather thong attached to a handle, used to punish rule-breakers in frat houses → 1917 Amer. university sl. (Bk.)
► GOSS punishment → 1840 Amer. dial.
► GRUEL punishment; a beating → c1795 colloq.
► GUMBLE-STOOL a cucking-stool (a chair formerly used for punishment of disorderly women, scolds (people accused of being troublesome and angry and who habitually chastised, argued and quarrelled with their neighbours) and dishonest tradesmen in England, Scotland, and elsewhere) → 1653 obs.
► GUM-STOOL a cucking-stool (a chair formerly used for punishment of disorderly women, scolds (people accused of being troublesome and angry and who habitually chastised, argued and quarrelled with their neighbours) and dishonest tradesmen in England, Scotland, and elsewhere) → 1623 obs.
► HAIL COLUMBIA a punishment, a telling-off, a scolding → M19 US sl.
► HANDSEL guerdon, reward; also ironically, a punishment, a smack of the hand → 1892 Sc.
► HAND-SHAKING a correction, punishment; a close engagement, grappling → 1818 Sc.
► HOLY HELL a vehement rebuke; severe punishment → 1940s US sl.
► IMPALATION the torture or punishment of impaling → 1744 obs.
► IMPUNITY exemption from punishment or penalty → 1532
► JACK LATTEN ► JACK LATTIN a threat of punishment → 20C Irish sl.
► JESSE ► JESSY a punishment, scolding; a bad or painful time → 1839 Amer. dial.
► JUDICIAL an instrument of legal punishment → a1641 obs.
► JUDICIAL KILLING death inflicted by process of law; capital punishment → 1843
► JUDICIAL MURDER death inflicted by process of law; capital punishment → 1688
► KICK IN THE ASS an unwarranted punishment or letdown → M20 US colloq.
► LADY BIRCH a switch used to punish children → 1941 Amer. dial.
► LADY QUINCE a switch made of quince wood, used to punish children → 1932 Amer. dial.
► LALDIE a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing → 1889 Sc.
► LALDY-DALDY a thrashing, punishment, a drubbing → 1889 Sc.
► LANTY-PIE the punishment of having the ears and hair pulled → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MODELLING the parading of an offender naked through a township as a form of punishment → 1990s S. Afr. sl.
► MONKEY’S ALLOWANCE a physical punishment such as a beating or whipping → 1785 obs.
► MURDER torment, punishment; severe injury or damage → a1000 obs.
► NAILING a beating, a thrashing, punishment → 1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NICTION punishment, chastisement, scolding; generally used in plural → 1924 Sc. 
► NOOGIE a rubbing of the knuckles harshly across someone’s head, esp. used by children as a form of punishment or bullying → Aust. sl.
► NUMBER ONE the punishment diet of bread and water → 1936 UK prison sl.
► ONE a punishment, a beating; a bad turn → 20C sl.
► PAIKING a beating, a thrashing; a punishment → 1827 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PAIKMENT a thrashing, a beating, punishment → 1897 Sc.
► PAIKS a beating, a thrashing; one’s deserved punishment, one’s deserts  → 1720 Sc.
► PAIN 1. suffering or loss inflicted for a crime or offense; punishment; penalty, a fine → 1297 obs.
2. the punishment or sufferings of hell or of purgatory → 1340-70 obs.
► PAIN-TAKING receiving or suffering of punishment → 1382 obs.
► PAKES a deserved punishment → 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PALMER a flat piece of wood used for striking the palm of the hand as a punishment → 1387 obs.
► PANDIE ► PANDY punishment in general, a severe reprimand, censure → 1808 Sc.
► PAYS punishment; castigation; thrashing → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
► PEACH TREE TEA punishment with a peach tree switch → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PIECE OF SOMEONE’S ASS vengeance against someone, esp.  in the form of a beating, a thrashing, a punishment → 1959 US sl.
► POINEPHOBIA an abnormal fear of punishment → 1991 (Bk.)
► PUNIFYING a punishing → 1915
► QUARTERIZATION part of the punishment of a traitor, by dividing his body into four quarters → 1727-41 obs.
► QUILTING a beating; a flogging; a punishment; a blow with a stick → 1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► RAM-RIDING a punishment, esp. inflicted on married people convicted of immorality: a cart in which were represented burlesque representatives of the erring pair, was drawn through the village, attended by a procession of men and boys, on donkeys, blowing horns; the custom was often the occasion of much riotous behaviour → 1891 Eng. dial.
► ROD IN A PICKLE, A a punishment in store
► RODS IN PISS a prospective punishment, scolding → 1623 obs.
► SANCTION in organized crime: punishment by death → 1997 US
► SCOLD’S BRIDLE an instrument of punishment used for scolding women; it was used as a form of torture and public humiliation; it was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head; a bridle-bit (or curb-plate), about 2 inches long and 1 inch broad, projected into the mouth and pressed down on top of the tongue; it was first recorded in 1567; sometimes called a witch’s bridle, a brank’s bridle, or branks → 1899 Sc.
► SIX OF THE BEST six strokes of the cane as a school punishment → 1912 Brit. sl.
► SIXER six strokes of the cane as a school punishment → 1927 Brit. sl.
► TAG the leather strap used for punishment in schools → 1809 Sc.
► TANTALISM punishment or torment like that of Tantalus (mythical king condemned, for revealing the secrets of the gods, to stand in Tartarus up to his chin in water, which constantly receded as he stooped to drink, and with branches of food hanging above him which ever fled his grasp); tantalization → c1614 obs.
► TOCO ► TOKO corporal punishment → 1823 sl.
► TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINE corporal punishment, esp. when used in a prostitute’s advertising matter → 2003 UK sl.
► TREATMENT, THE punishment; severe handling; thorough criticism → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► UNCTION punishment; an unpleasant or dangerous experience → 1921 Sc.
► VALENTINE a reprimand, a punishment → 1920s US police usage
► WARISON ‘reward’, due punishment → a1366 obs.
► WHAT-FOR punishment, trouble, a fuss → L19 sl.
► WHAT-SORT a punishment, trouble, a fuss → L19 sl.
► WRACK retributive punishment; vengeance, revenge → c900 obs.
► YARD a means or instrument of punishment; hence, punishment, chastisement → a1225 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BUTCHER an executioner; a person who inflicts capital punishment or torture → 1483 obs.
► NEMESIS the goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, one who avenges or punishes → 1576
► PUNCHBAG a person who regularly receives criticism, punishment, or abuse, esp. if undeserved; a target for aggression or hostility → 1898

PHRASES
► FOR THE HIGH JUMP said of someone in danger of being severely punished → 1919 Brit. sl.
► YOUR ASS IS GRASS AND I’M THE LAWNMOWER you are doomed to suffer punishment → 1955 Amer. sl., esp. military usage

VERBS
► ARLE to beat severely, to thrash, to punish → 1866 Sc.
► BE FLOGGED THROUGH TOPHET IN A FLOUR SACK to be punished → 1960 Amer. dial.
► BE FOR THE HIGH JUMP to be liable to receive a reprimand or punishment → Brit. colloq.
► BOX ONE’S EARS to punish by hitting → 1601 sl.
► BREAK ONE’S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash → 1955 US sl.
► BURN to discipline, to punish → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► BUST ONE’S BALLS to punish severely; to thrash → 1952 US sl.
► CART of a punishment formerly inflicted on bawds: to place in a tumbrel or cart and lead through a town → L16 sl.
► CATCH IT IN THE NECK to be punished or criticized severely → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CATCH IT WHERE THE CHICKEN GOT IT to be punished → 1942 Amer. sl.
► CATCH MOSES to receive a severe beating or punishment → M19 sl.
► CATECHIZE to scold, to reprimand; to punish, to chastise → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CATER to beat, to thrash, to punish severely → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CLEAN ONE’S PLOW to beat, whip or punish someone; to injure severely → 1931 Amer. dial.
► COME DOWN HARD ON ONE to scold or punish someone severely → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COP A FLOWER-POT to be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten → 1930s sl. sl.
► CORRIGE to correct, to chastise, to punish → c1374 obs.
► CUT ONE’S BACK A-TWO to punish, to beat; a threat used to children → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
​► DACRE to inflict corporal punishment on one → 1825 Sc. obs.
► DANCE THE CARPET to appear before an official for an investigation of one’s work or behaviour; to receive a reprimand, criticism, or punishment → 20C Amer. sl.
► DEAL IT OUT ► DEAL OUT to attack, esp. verbally; to punish → 20C Aust. sl.
► DE-BOLLOCK to castrate, usually in figurative sense of hurting or punishing severely → 1960s sl.
► EAT SOMEONE’S ARSE OFF ► EAT SOMEONE’S ASS OFF to criticize severely; to punish heavily → 1943 US sl.
► EAT SOMEONE’S ASS OUT to criticize severely; to punish heavily → 1946 US sl.
► FACE THE MUSIC to go through an ordeal; to face the possibility of a severe reprimand or other punishment → 1850
► FAN to whip, to beat, to punish → 1785 sl.
► FETTLE to beat, to chastise, to punish; to kill, to overcome, to ‘finish’ → 1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FRY to punish severely → 1920 US sl.
► GAD to punish, to whip, as a child → 1906 Amer. dial.
► GAFF to punish someone → 1903 US sl.
► GET BEANS to be punished severely → 1892
► GET IT IN THE NOSE to be punished → 1917 sl.
► GET IT WHERE THE CHICKEN GOT THE AXE to get punished properly and adequately → c1960 Amer. dial.
► GET LALDIE to be punished → 1889 Sc.
► GET ONE’S THUDS to be punished, beaten, or chastised → 1887 Sc.
► GET THE WORKS to suffer, to be punished, to be killed → 1920s sl.
► GIBBET to beat, to punish, to hurt severely → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GIVE A PERSON BEANS to deal severely with; to punish heavily → 1892
► GIVE A PERSON HIS OATMEAL to punish; to rebuke severely → M18 sl.
► GIVE GYP to punish or admonish; to assault or beat; hence, later, to mock or tease; to criticize → 1887 orig. Eng. dial.
► GIVE LALDIE to punish → 1889 Sc.
► GIVE ONE FITS to punish → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GIVE ONE GOSS to punish; to give one a whipping → 1840 Amer. dial.
► GIVE ONE HIS FAIRING to punish, to  give one his just deserts → 1790 Sc.
► GIVE ONE JESSE to give one a good scolding; to punish one severely; to reprimand sternly → 1839 Amer. dial.
► GIVE ONE ONE’S KALE THROUGH THE REEK to give one a good scolding; to reprove severely; to punish → 1814 Sc.
► GO GUNNING FOR to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish → 1888 Amer. sl.
► GOWDLE to punish, to chastise → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GROUND to punish, esp. a young person, by forbidding him or her to engage in dating or other social activities → 1950 Amer. sl.
► GRUEL to punish → 1850 colloq.
► GUN FOR to be on the lookout for with the intent of hurting or killing; to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish → 1878 US sl.
► HAMMER INTO THE FLOOR LIKE A TACK to punish, to reprove → 1993 Aust. sl.
► HANDSEL to give something unpleasant; to punish with a blow; used ironically → 19C Eng. dial.
► HANG SOMEONE’S ASS to punish; hence to defeat thoroughly, to trounce → 1961 Amer. sl.
► HAVE SOMEONE’S GUTS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat → colloq.
► HAVE SOMEONE’S GUTS FOR GARTERS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat → a1592 UK colloq.
► HAZE to punish by blows, to beat, to thrash soundly → 1678 Eng. dial.
► HEAD AND HANG to punish severely → 1893 Sc.
► HIT ONE OVER THE THUMBS to punish or reprove sharply, to ‘rap one’s knuckles’ → 1522 obs.
► JACK IT UP SOMEONE’S ASS to punish or victimize someone → 1960s US sl.
► KEB to give a good beating; to punish → 1866 Sc. obs.
► KEELHAUL to punish with humiliation → US Civil War usage
► KISS THE ROD to submit to punishment
► LINE OUT to reprimand, to discipline, to punish → 1927 Amer. dial.
► LOWER THE BOOM ON to inflict severe damage or harsh punishment on; to treat severely → 1920 US sl.
► LYNCH to inflict bodily punishment upon; to kill by mob action, typically by hanging, without legal authority  → 1835 Amer. sl.
► MAKE IT WARM FOR to punish, to thrash → 1880 colloq.
► MALACOUTER to beat, to thrash, to punish → c1910 Sc.
► MALAGROOSE ► MALAGRUIZE to injure or hurt, to punish with physical violence → 1924 Sc.
► MALAVOGUE to punish in some dire but undefined way; to beat, to chastise → 1843 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► MURDER to chastise or punish severely; to reprimand violently → 1839 colloq.
► NAB to peck at, to strike; to punish → 1822 Sc.
► NAB IT to receive unexpected punishment; to ‘catch it’ unawares → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAB THE RUST to be punished; to receive punishment unexpectedly → L18 sl.
► NAIL ONE TO THE CROSS to punish or otherwise deal with someone in a final or decisive manner; to castigate thoroughly → 1899 Amer. dial.
► NAIL ONE TO THE MAST to punish or otherwise deal with someone in a final or decisive manner; to castigate thoroughly → 1925 Amer. dial.
► NAIL ONE’S ASS TO THE WALL to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone → 1971 Amer. sl.
► NAIL ONE’S HIDE TO THE BARN DOOR to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone → 1952 Amer. sl.
► NAIL ONE’S HIDE TO THE ROUNDHOUSE WALL to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone → 1975 Amer. sl.
► NAIL ONE’S HIDE TO THE WALL to punish or otherwise put a finish to someone → 1959 Amer. sl.
► NAIL SOMEONE TO THE BARN DOOR to punish, to defeat in a decisive act, to castigate → 2006 sl., orig. US
► NAIL SOMEONE TO THE CROSS to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate → L19 sl., orig. US
► NAIL SOMEONE TO THE MAST to punish, to defeat in a decisive act; to castigate → L19 sl., orig. US
► NAIL SOMEONE’S ASS TO THE BARN DOOR to punish severely → L19 sl., orig. US
► NAIL SOMEONE’S HIDE TO THE DUNNY DOOR to punish severely → 2003 NZ sl.
► NAP to suffer punishment; to receive a blow → 1753 sl.
► NAP IT to receive severe punishment, esp. in a boxing match → a1700 sl.
► NUKE to punish severely; to destroy completely, to ruin → sl., orig. US
► ORDER to bring into order or submission to lawful authority; hence, to inflict disciplinary punishment on; to correct, to chastise, to punish → 1526 obs.
► PAIK ► PAKE to hit with something hard or solid, as the knuckles, a stick, or a stone; to beat, to pummel, to thrash; to strike; to punish  → c1639 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PAIN to inflict a penalty or punishment upon; to punish; to torture by way of punishment; to fine → c1350 obs.
► PANDIE ► PANDY to punish, to chastise → 1895 Sc.
► PAY to beat, to punish → 1580 sl.
► PAY ONE HOME to punish smartly; to give a home thrust → 1811 Sc.  
► PECK ► PEX to beat, to strike; to punish → 1807 Sc.
► PLAY HARRY OVER ANY ONE to beat or punish severely → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PLAY THE HALTER to inflict punishment → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PUT ONE’S ASS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment → 1980s US sl.
► PUT ONE’S BALLS ON THE LINE to put oneself into a position of responsibility; to take risks; to face punishment → 1980s US sl.
► RAILROAD to enforce a mild punishment by dragging the victim up and down along the floor until the seat of their trousers is worn through → M19 US sl.
► RAM to punish an offender by bumping his posteriors against a wall; to punish by bastinadoing the soles of the feet → 1853 Sc.
► RANDLE ► RANNEL to punish a boy for cheating or other offenses by pulling his hair or ears → 1830 Eng. dial.
► RAP ONE’S FINGERS to check or punish smartly → a1677
► RAP ONE’S KNUCKLES to check or punish smartly → 1824
► RED-MAN to punish by mob action or by vigilante organization → 1975 Amer. dial.
► RIDE ONE BUG-HUNTING to punish; to chastise; to whip; to beat severely → 1906 Amer. dial.
► SAPPIL to punish by beating → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCON ► SKON to beat, esp. with the flat of the hand or some flat surface; to inflict punishment → 1873 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SHAFT to thrust (in one’s imagination) a pole up someone’s anus; essentially, to stop a person short; to punish or treat very badly, to harm → 1959 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
► SIT ON ONE’S SKIRTS to press hard upon one, to deal heavily with, to punish severely → 1546
► SKATE to get way with anything; to shirk one’s responsibilities; to escape punishment → 1945 sl., orig. US Black
► SOAK  ► SOAK IT TO to punish, to beat up; to criticize harshly → L19 US sl.
► STRAFE to punish → Amer. World War I sl.
► TACKLE to attack, to punish → 1828
► TAG to suffer, to be punished → 1970s sl.
► TAKE to inflict punishment or justice → c1200 obs.
► TAKE A RAP to take a punishment, often a prison sentence, that is actually due to someone else → c1886 US criminals’ sl.
► TAKE HEAT to suffer or endure punishment or criticism → 1920s US sl.
► TAKE INTO THE WOODSHED to scold; to punish; to reprimand → 1907 Amer. sl.
► TAKE IT OUT ON to treat badly, to punish, often an innocent victim → 20C US sl.
► TAKE ONE’S DINT to receive punishment → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAKE ONE’S MEDICINE to accept a punishment or reprimand → L19 sl.
► TAKE ORDER WITH A PERSON to compel a person to do orderly or rightly; to punish → 1792 Sc.
► TAKE THE GAS to endure punishment, esp. in a boxing ring → 20C sl.
► TAKE THE PIPE to fail to act or achieve under pressure, esp. in sports; hence, to be punished → 1960s US sl.
► TAKE TO to scold, to punish → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAN ONE’S ARSE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment: to thrash or flog → c1670 sl.
► TAN ONE’S BACKSIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment; to thrash or flog→ c1670 sl.
► TAN ONE’S HIDE to hit someone with a cane, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as a punishment → c1670 sl.
► TEAR SOMEONE’S ASS to trounce, to punish, to kill someone → 1961 Amer. sl.
► THREAP to beat, to flog, to thrash, to punish severely → 1721 Eng. dial.
► TIN-KETTLE to punish a notorious offender by means of ‘rough music’, i.e. the beating of tin-kettles, etc. → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TO-PUNISH to punish soundly → a1400-50 obs.
► TUB to punish by immersion in cold water → 1917 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► TURN ONE’S LIGHTS OUT to punish someone severely; to incapacitate someone → 1980s US sl.
► TWANK to punish with a strap or cane → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VEESIT to punish → 1878 Sc.
► VENGE to punish a wrongdoing → a1340 obs.
► VISIT to punish → 1878 Sc.
► WARM ONE’S ONION to punish, to chastise → 19C Eng. dial.
► WEIGH OFF to sentence someone to punishment → 1925 sl., orig. services’
► WHIP to vex, to torment; to punish, to chastise; to administer severe satire or reproof to; to castigate → 1530
► WRACK to avenge or revenge a person, deed, etc.; to punish → c1275 obs.