pillory
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ə noun
1.
a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
verb (used with object)
2.
to set in the pillory.
3.
to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse: The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent.
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| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | a wooden framework into which offenders were formerly locked by the neck and wrists and exposed to public abuse and ridicule |
| 2. | exposure to public scorn or abuse |
| —vb , -ries, -ries, -rying, -ried | |
| 3. | to expose to public scorn or ridicule |
| 4. | to punish by putting in a pillory |
| [C13: from Anglo-Latin pillorium, from Old French pilori, of uncertain origin; related to Provençal espillori] | |
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Word Origin & History
pillory
1274 (attested in Anglo-L. from c.1189), from O.Fr. pellori (1168), from M.L. pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a dim of L. pila "pillar, stone barrier." The verb is first attested 1600.
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Example sentences
His punishment was a fine or the time in the pillory.
In this session the court created the first acts of authorization for the building of a courthouse, prison and pillory.
Then opposition politicians arrived to pillory the state government and pose for photos with farmers.
Hill intends to put him in a pillory before the public.
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