Whip: it's raised in hunting (8)
I believe the answer is:
chastise
'whip' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'it's raised in hunting' is the wordplay.
'raised' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in a down clue).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'hunting' becomes 'chase'.
'its' reversed gives 'sti'.
'sti' put within 'chase' is 'CHASTISE'.
(Other definitions for chastise that I've seen before include "Severely reprimand" , "lecture" , "discipline" , "Castigate or punish" , "Scold severely" .)