Lam (verb)

To strike or hit (someone) hard and repeatedly.

Origin:

From middle english lammen, from old english lammian "to beat", from proto-germanic *lammōjaną "to beat", from proto-indo-european *lem- "to strike".

Examples:

1. He was caught by the police trying to lam the store window with a brick.
2. The bully lam the smaller boy with a stick.
3. He lam the door with his fist.
4. The angry driver lam the horn repeatedly.
5. He was lammed by a group of thugs.