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flogging

/ˈflɒɡɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping. (countable, uncountable) · What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.

Plural floggings

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