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In one recent case, he said a man accused of kidnapping was hung from an iron bar and flogged with a machete.

But it was a ruse; Northup was kidnapped, flogged, and sold for $1,000 at a slave market in New Orleans.

Since December 21, we have been flogged with news item after news item about the threatened closure of Russian adoption.

Where, when Afghan men flogged their women for not wearing veils?

The six boys who were to be flogged sat by themselves, and did not approach, or even look at, Julian Langley.

He was put in a secure room by himself, and the next morning was first flogged and then publicly expelled.

Poor child,” thought Eric; “dear little Vernon: and he is to be flogged, perhaps birched, to-morrow.

He gives you a kick, calls you a "damned nig," and informs his father, who orders you to be flogged for insolence.

You are sent to be flogged, and your lacerated back is washed with brine to make it heal quickly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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