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flogging [ˈflɒgɪŋ, Am ˈflɑ:g-] N

flogging

flog <-gg-> [flɒg, Am flɑ:g] VB trans

1. flog (punish):

2. flog Brit inf:

Phrases:

to be flogging a dead horse inf

Usage examples with flogging

to be flogging a dead horse inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Bound to the tailboard of each cart was a man sentenced to flogging.
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Failure to provide evidence is treated as a crime of false accusation, punishable with flogging.
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Some regiments nevertheless rejoiced in the nicknames of the bloodybacks or the bendovers if they were notorious for the number of floggings ordered.
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He records dreadful floggings of convicts for comparatively trifling offences without indignation, and probably as a magistrate ordered them himself.
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Solitary confinement was intended as an alternative to public floggings which were common at the time.
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Corporal punishment was initially the preferred method for a number of infractions, with flogging being the most common.
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At the finish, the school is subdued, with nobody wanting another flogging.
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These were death, in capital cases, or flogging, in non-capital cases.
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If the prisoner denied his guilt, he was often accused of lying, which meant additional flogging.
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The soldiers' reply was to tear off their clothes and point to the scars left by their wounds and floggings.
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