pillory
Nouns
- (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
Verbs
- (v) expose to ridicule or public scorn gibbet,
- (v) punish by putting in a pillory
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(v) criticize harshly or violently
- The press savaged the new President
- The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage