arcabucear

A historical/archaic verb meaning to execute someone by shooting them with an arcabuz (harquebus, an early firearm) — a specific method of summary execution used in the 16th–18th centuries, so the word only appears in historical or literary contexts today.

• Al traidor lo arcabucearon al amanecer. — The traitor was executed by firing squad at dawn.
• Los cronistas relatan cómo arcabucearon a los rebeldes capturados. — The chroniclers describe how the captured rebels were shot by harquebus.
• Fue arcabuceado por orden del virrey. — He was executed by musket fire on the viceroy's order.

Using arcabucear as a generic word for "to shoot" or "to execute" someone with a modern firearm — it's tied specifically to the historical harquebus and reads as period-specific vocabulary; fusilar is the general word for execution by firing squad.

Often confused with fusilar.