Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chastisement; a beating or whipping.
- noun A lashing of water with a fish-line.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- from
flog , v. t. - (Mach.) a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings.
- a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Infliction of punishment by dealing
blows orwhipping . - verb Present participle of
flog .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
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Examples
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If arrested, the migrants and asylum-seekers are lumped together in tiny immigration detention cells where flogging is the main form of punishment.
Global Voices in English » Malaysia: Humans as Commodities 2009
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Sometimes flogging is a punishment for drunkenness.
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Are you going to say that flogging is never torture because some people submit themselves to it voluntarily?
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The daily flogging is actually one of the bennies.
McGinn Staff Received Salary Increases While Mayor Froze Salaries in Other Departments « PubliCola 2010
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I need to start giving awards - the flogging is not working. at
pleasantly surprised 2008
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"Third degree can, according to the circumstances, consist amongst other methods, of: very simple diet (bread and water) hard bunk dark cell deprivation of sleep exhaustive drilling also in flogging (for more than 20 strokes a doctor must be consulted)."
Quote of the day 2004
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"Third degree can, according to the circumstances, consist amongst other methods, of: very simple diet (bread and water) hard bunk dark cell deprivation of sleep exhaustive drilling also in flogging (for more than 20 strokes a doctor must be consulted)."
DoD memo? 2004
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"Third degree can, according to the circumstances, consist amongst other methods, of: very simple diet (bread and water) hard bunk dark cell deprivation of sleep exhaustive drilling also in flogging (for more than 20 strokes a doctor must be consulted)."
Damn them. 2004
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"Third degree can, according to the circumstances, consist amongst other methods, of: very simple diet (bread and water) hard bunk dark cell deprivation of sleep exhaustive drilling also in flogging (for more than 20 strokes a doctor must be consulted)."
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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Those who have followed me in my narrative will remember that I was witness to an act of great cruelty inflicted upon my own shipmates; and indeed I can sincerely say that the simple mention of the word flogging, brings up in me feelings which I can hardly control.
Concluding Chapter 1909
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