apaleamiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From apalear +‎ -miento.

Noun

apaleamiento m (plural apaleamientos)

  1. beating, thrashing
    • 2013 April 7, “Política de contrabando”, in El País:
      En octubre de ese año, un juez de Cambados, José Luis Seoane Spiegelberg, ordenaba por escrito a la Policía Judicial que investigase la retención ilegal, apaleamiento y encierro en un camión frigorífico de un industrial de Valladolid, Celestino Suances, que adeudaba al clan de Los Charlines —entonces dedicado al contrabando, después al narcotráfico— unos cuantos millones de pesetas.
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