gibbet

  1. Noun.  an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.

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