pillory -- (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)
Overview of verb pillory
The verb pillory has 3 senses
pillory, gibbet -- (expose to ridicule or public scorn)
pillory -- (punish by putting in a pillory)
savage, blast, pillory, crucify -- (criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage")
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