pillory
- Noun. A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
- Verb. (transitive) To put in a pillory.
- Verb. (transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
- Verb. (transitive) To criticize harshly.
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