Hector

 WORD OF THE DAY

hector / verb / HEK-ter

Definition
1: bully, braggart
2a: to behave in an arrogant or intimidating way
2b: to play the bully
2c: swagger
3: to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure

Examples
"… a sport hectored by scandal and dogged by unanswerable questions."
— Bob Ford, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 28 July 2019

Mr. Liggett sometimes used his art to hector neighbors in a score of grievances.
— Donald Frazier, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2017

Did You Know?
Hector wasn't always a bully. In Homer's Iliad, the eldest son of King Priam of Troy was a model soldier, son, father, and friend, the champion of the Trojan army until he was killed by the Greek hero Achilles.
How did the name of a Trojan paragon become a generic synonym of bully?
That pejorative English use was likely influenced by gangs of rowdy street toughs who roamed London in the 17th century and called themselves "Hectors." They may have thought themselves gallant young blades, but to the general populace they were merely swaggering bullies who intimidated passersby and vandalized property.
By 1660, hector was being used as a noun for the sort of blustering braggarts who populated those gangs, and as a verb as well.