Green’s Dictionary of Slang

beast v.

[beast n. (9)]

1. to molest a child.

[Scot]I. Welsh ‘The Shooter’ in Acid House 8: The cunt beasted little Lisa [...] made her go down on him.
[Scot](con. 1980s) I. Welsh Skagboys 49: Gilbert O’Sullivan wrote that fuckin nonce song aboot beastin bairns.

2. to subject to physical abuse, thus n. beasting.

[UK]B. Parris Making of a Legionnaire 158: [O]ur usual beasting—running along being shouted at, cursed at and generally abused .
[UK]Guardian 25 Jan. 🌐 Maj Taylor has denied that he ordered the captives to be ‘beasted’, ‘thrashed’ and forced to run for three miles.
[UK]Guardian 2 Jan. CiF 🌐 National service. [L]et the military beast the fuck out of them [i.e. knife-carrying youth].
[Ire]J.-P. Jordan Joys of War 44: Beastings is the endearing term for gruelling and punishing physical training [...] Anything to push you to your limit and beyond, physically and mentally.