Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rough_up

1 sense of rough up

Sense 1
rough up -- (treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect")
       => beat, beat up, work over -- (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")