Meaning & use
Fustigate
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To criticize harshly or beat severely; to castigate.
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The critic fustigated the film for its lazy plot and wooden acting.
Union leaders fustigated the company's decision to cut overtime pay without warning.
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"Fustigate" comes from the Latin "fustis," meaning a club or cudgel, so the word originally described a literal beating before it took on its more common figurative sense of harsh criticism.
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