whakaweti
1. (verb) (-a) to threaten, bully, intimidate.
Nō te tau 1881, i whakapae a Tāwhai nō te mea i kaikaiwaiūtia e te kāwanatanga tāna mahi tiaki i te iwi Māori, ārai atu hoki i ngā momo kino e whakaweti ana i a rātou; engari koa e whakawhere kē ana te Karauna i te iwi Māori (TTR 1994:130). / In 1881 Tāwhai accused the government of betraying its duty to look after the Māori people and protect them from the evils as might threaten them; but instead, the Crown was oppressing them.
2. (modifier) bullying, threatening, intimidating.
Kei te whakahē tō mātou kaiako i te whakapae, he tangata whakaweti a ia. / Our teacher denies the accusation that he is a bully.
3. (noun) bullying.
Ko te whakarekereke, te whakaweti me te whakahāweatanga he takahitanga ēnei i ngā tika taketake tūturu – te haumaru o te tangata (Ngā Tika Tangata o Aotearoa 2010:4). / Violence, bullying and harassment are violations of the most fundamental of human rights – security of the person (Human Rights in New Zealand 2010:14).
