to arrest and punish someone (metaphor) (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
uitztli, tzitzicaztli tetech nicpachoa
Alonso de Molina:
uitztli, tzitzicaztli tetech nicpachoa (pret. uitztli tzitzicaztli tetech onicpacho.) reprehender y castigar aotro. metaphora. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 158r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.