out-Her·od /ˌaʊtˈhɛrəd/
Out-Her·od v. t. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. Compare outpope the Pope. “It out-Herods Herod.”
Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. --Sir W. Scott.
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out-herod
v : surpass someone in cruelty or evil