mau-mau
verb
ˈmau̇-ˌmau̇ 
mau-maued; mau-mauing; mau-maus
transitive + intransitive
now often offensive, see usage paragraph below
: to intimidate (someone, such as an official) through hostile confrontation or threats usually for social or political gain
Going downtown to mau-mau the bureaucrats got to be the routine practice in San Francisco.
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe
Word History
Etymology
Mau Mau, anti-European secret society in colonial Kenya
First Known Use
1970, in the meaning defined above