lambaste

sense 1: beat with a cane
cane flog lambaste lambast

sense 2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic
rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress_down scold chide berate bawl_out remonstrate chew_out chew_up have_words lambaste lambast