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Pillory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment.

v. To expose to ridicule and abuse.

v. To put in a pillory as punishment.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

v. To put in a pillory.

v. To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.

v. To criticize harshly.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.

v. To set in, or punish with, the pillory.

v. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A frame of wood erected on a post or pole, with movable boards resembling those in the stocks, and holes through which were put the head and hands of an offender, who was thus exposed to public derision.

To punish by exposure in the pillory.

Hence Figuratively, to expose to ridicule, contempt, abuse, and the like.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn

v. punish by putting in a pillory

v. expose to ridicule or public scorn

v. criticize harshly or violently

Word Usage

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Verb Form

pilloried pillories pillorying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

instrument of punishment penalise penalize punish expose

Variant

pilloried

Form

pilloried pillorying

Synonym

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cyphonism

Rhyme

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Same Context

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