Rough Up (Verb)
Meaning
Treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The rival gang roughed up several members of the opposing team after the game.
- During the interrogation, the detectives roughed up the suspect in an attempt to extract a confession.
- The bully roughed up the new student in the schoolyard, leaving him frightened and alone.
- The corrupt officer was accused of roughing up suspects in custody to get them to cooperate.
- The fans roughed up the musician after he announced his plan to retire from performing.