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Meaning of pillory


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pillory
      n 1: 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
      v 1: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: {pillory},
           {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}, {blast},
         {pillory}, {crucify}]


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