Definition of Pillory
Pillory
Pil·lo·ry
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A device with holes for the head and hands, used to punish or humiliate.
e.g. The medieval town square featured a pillory where wrongdoers were publicly shamed.
(verb)
to ridicule publicly;
e.g. The members of his own team pillory him over the mistake he made.
(verb)
to set or put someone in a pillory;
e.g. The criminal was pilloried at the center of the village and everyone crowded around him and ridiculed him.
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