C1verb
fustiger
to castigate, to lambast
« L’éditorialiste fustige l’immobilisme des pouvoirs publics. »
“The columnist castigates the public authorities’ failure to act.”
In other languages
- Spanish fustigar, vituperar
- Portuguese fustigar, vituperar
- German geißeln, scharf rügen
- Italian fustigare, biasimare aspramente
- Arabic يُقرّع
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