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tlahuitomilia.

Headword: 
tlahuitomilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to knock down someone's wall, building, or organ, etc. (see Molina); or, to arrest someone as a penalty (see Frank C. Müller, "Tlatequitiltililli," Wiktionary)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlauitumilia, tlahuitumilia
Alonso de Molina: 

tlauitumilia. nite. pret. onitetlauitumili. desbaratar, o deshazer a otro la pared, o otro edificio, o el organo. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 145r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.