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Verb
To attack or ridicule publicly
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“The public will pillory anyone seen trying to extract political advantage from misery.”
Verb
To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
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“His mean friends would pillory him for his choice of clothes.”
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To mark out as having a particular (typically negative) quality
Noun
Leverage for discipline, confinement or public humiliation, like a framework, pillory, or stocks
“The pillory was a set of stocks that imprisoned head and arms and was used to humiliate petty offenders, who would be insulted and perhaps pelted with mud by passers-by.”
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