Poradzili im żeby go sprzątnąć ? Just like this, with no extenuation in mind ? What an atrocious brutality. Unless he’s a tipster and they’re a bunch of goodfellas. :)
”Advise” is too formal in relation to “zap” I think and isn’t accurate enough to the asker’s “namawiał” to boot.
Depending on your context :
He talked them into taming the guy. He persuaded them to take someone down a peg/put the squeeze on.. He was cramming down their throats to fix the snot.:) More formal: He induced them to call the chairman to order.(and do him in after the meeting.? :)