chastise
verb- chastise somebody (for something/for doing something) (formal)
to criticize somebody for doing something wrong 批评;指责;责备 - chastise somebody (old-fashioned)
to punish somebody physically synonym beat体罚 Parents are no longer allowed to chastise their children as they did in the past. 父母不再被允许像过去那样惩罚他们的孩子。
Word OriginMiddle English: apparently formed irregularly from the obsolete verb chaste, from Old French chastier, from Latin castigare ‘castigate’, from castus ‘morally pure, chaste’.