out-Herod
verb
out-Her·od ˌau̇t-ˈher-əd 
out-Heroded; out-Heroding; out-Herods
transitive verb
: to exceed in violence or extravagance —usually used in the phrase out-Herod Herod
Word History
Etymology
out- + Herod the Great, depicted in medieval mystery plays as a blustering tyrant
First Known Use
1604, in the meaning defined above