noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Rare, literary word for striking or beating someone. Modern Japanese normally uses 殴る, 叩く, or 打つ.
古い小説では、罪人を打擲する場面が出てくる。
In old novels, scenes of thrashing criminals appear.
Compound of 打 (strike) and 擲 (throw, hurl). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is now rare and literary.