wring, harrow, torment, torture; bullyrag; put to the rack, put to the question; break on the wheel, rack, scarify; cruciate^, crucify; convulse, agonize; barb the dart; plant a dagger in the breast, plant a thorn in one's side.

Then turning to Deppingham, he went on fiercely, "I won't be bullyragged by any woman, sir.

Dared you break the crust and bullyrag 'emhot, fierce and angry, what wide beaks buzz plain Saxon as ever spoke Witenagemot!

She had browbeaten fourteen salespeople, bullyragged a floor-walker, argued victoriously with a milliner, laid down the law to a modiste, nipped in the bud a taxi chauffeur's attempt to overcharge her, made a street car conductor stop the car in the middle of a block for her, discharged her maid and engaged another, and otherwise refused to allow herself to be imposed upon.