1. the act of beating or whipping with a kurbaş (a type of whip or stick used as a punishment or instrument of control)
Usage: historical; often associated with Ottoman Empire practices

1. to beat or whip with a kurbaş; to subject to physical punishment or coercion
Usage: historical; transitive

Examples

• The kurbashing of prisoners was a brutal practice in historical Ottoman prisons.
• Guards were known to kurbaş offenders as a form of discipline.
• Historical records document instances of kurbashing as punishment for disobedience.
• The practice of kurbashing has been condemned by modern human rights organizations.
• Accounts of kurbashing appear frequently in 19th-century travel narratives about the Ottoman Empire.