Pirate’s punishment or try to sell something

verb

1. To beat with or as if with a rod or whip

   "The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny."

2. To criticize harshly

   "He was flogged in the press for failing to take action."

3. To force or urge into action drive
4. To sell (something, such as stolen goods) illegally

   "flogged their employers' petrol to ordinary motorists"

5. Sell

   "traveled by horse, flogging encyclopedias"

6. To promote aggressively plug

   "flying around the world flogging your movies"

7. Steal
8. Flap, flutter

   "sails flogging"

9. To move along with difficulty slog

idiom

1. To keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided

   "I don't mean to flog a dead horse, but I still don't understand what happened."

2. To waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible

   "Is it just flogging a dead horse to ask for another recount of the votes?"