beasting
n.— «Once they were brought back with their plunder they were made to run in searing heat with boxes of dried milk on their heads. But then this “beasting,” in army parlance, turned worse when the Iraqis were split into small groups.» —“Abuse pictures that shame British Army” by Allan Hall in Osnabrueck, Germany The Scotsman Jan. 19, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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