rousting

Verb

roust (third-person singular simple present rousts, present participle rousting, simple past and past participle rousted)

1. (transitive) to rout out of bed; to rouse.
   • "Why didn't you roust me out?" / "Well, I tried to, but I couldn't; I couldn't budge you." / "Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day, but out with you and see if there's a fish on the lines for breakfast. I'll be along in a minute."1884, Mark Twain, chapter VII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

   Synonyms:

   bring round

2. (informal, transitive) To harass, to treat in a rough way.
   • My client is an ex-convict. He's been constantly harassed by the police... subjected to extreme mental cruelty and public degradation. He's even been denied an adequate place to live! To be very blunt, gentlemen, my client has been thoroughly rousted.1962, 00:28:45 from the start, in Cape Fear
3. (slang, transitive) To arrest.

   Synonyms:

   collar, nick, pinch

4. (transitive) To drive strongly.

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