beasting

British military slang for rough treatment, often in the form of unofficial punishment or ritualistic bonding exercises for new recruits. May refer to hard training, beatings, sexual humiliation or any number of strange and unpleasant experiences.

'The new recruits were given a good beasting to lick them into shape.'

'The fat kid wasn't pulling his weight, so a bunch of us followed him into the bogs and gave him a quick beasting with a broom handle.'

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