Rough up
Rough up verb - To abuse physically.
Usage example: the photographer claimed that he had been roughed up by the actor's bodyguards outside the club
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Torment and Rough up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rough_up/torment
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