excoriate

Etymology

From Late Latin excoriātus, perfect participle of Latin excoriō (“take the skin or hide off, flay”), from ex (“off”) + corium (“hide, skin”).

verb

1. (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
2. (transitive, figurative) To strongly denounce or censure.
   Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence. 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, Trade paperback edition, published 2005, page 464
   Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics. 13 September 2006, Patrick Healy, “Spitzer and Clinton Win in N.Y. Primary”, in New York Times
   The tabloids branded him forevermore as the “love rat,” and Pasternak was excoriated for peddling mawkish fantasy. adapted from the book The Palace Papers, published 2022 by Penguin Books April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair