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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pilloried
pillory
n : a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for
the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so
exposed to public scorn [syn:
stocks]
v 1: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn:
gibbet]
2: punish by putting in a pillory
3: criticize harshly or violently;
“The press savaged the new
President”;
“The critics crucified the author for
plagiarizing a famous passage” [syn:
savage,
crucify]
[also:
pilloried]
pilloried
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pillory
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pilloried
Pillory
\Pil"lo*ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pilloried; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Pillorying.] [Cf. F. pilorier.]
1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
“Hungering for
Puritans to pillory.” --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. --Gladstone.
[1913 Webster]
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