КНУТ

whip, knout;

политика ~а и пряника policy of threats and bribery, policy of stick and carrot

whip, knout, scourge; the lash перен.

бить кнутом, погонять кнутом — to lash, to whip to knout

политика кнута и пряника — policy of threats and bribery; the stick and the carrot policy

щелкать кнутом — to crack a whip