Thesaurus: pillory

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1. n. A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.
2. v. t. To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
3. v. t. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
4. n. 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
5. v. expose to ridicule or public scorn
6. v. punish by putting in a pillory
7. v. criticize harshly or violently
8. A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it. Shak. 1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. "Hungering for Puritans to pillory." Macaulay. 2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. Gladstone.
9. A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and havingholes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust soas to be exposed in front of it. Shak.
10. n:26/v:74 n. 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. expose to ridicule or public scorn v. punish by putting in a pillory