Hectoring

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hector \Hec"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Hectoring}.]
     To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to
     torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by
     bullying. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]