[pil-uh-ree] 
noun, plural -ries, verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing.| 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. |
| 2. | to set in the pillory. |
| 3. | to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse: The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent. |
| pil·lo·ry (pĭl'ə-rē) n. pl. pil·lo·ries A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment. tr.v. pil·lo·ried, pil·lo·ry·ing, pil·lo·ries
[Middle English, from Old French pilori, probably from Latin pīla, pillar.] |
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