The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bepommel \Be*pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bepommeled; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Bepommeling.]
   To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail
   or criticise in conversation, or in writing. --Thackeray.
   [1913 Webster]