Haze or Hazing

Today this word is used to refer to an initiation ritual of a newcomer to a group by humiliating and harassing him or her, thereby asserting the authority of the group. Originally hazing was the practice of captains asserting their authority by having a ship’s crew work all hours of the day or night, whether needed or not, in order to make them generally miserable thereby more humble and easier to manage. A nautical term that has now become part of everyday language