The Collaborative International Dictionary
Out-Herod
Out-Herod \Out-Her"od\, v. t.
To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in
any vicious or offensive particular. Compare outpope the
Pope. ``It out-Herods Herod.''
--Shak.
Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Wiktionary
out-herod
vb. To surpass in evil and cruelty (originally and chiefly with Herod as direct object). (from 17th c.)
WordNet
out-herod
v. surpass someone in cruelty or evil