Chastise
Chastise (chas*tīz"; chas"tīz) , transitive verb
[Old English chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, -ize, Latin -izare, Greek -i`zein. See Chasten.]
1.
To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will chastise me.
I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised.
2.
To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.
The gay, social sense, by decency chastised.
3.
To criticize (a person) strongly and directly in order to correct behavior.