Pilloried

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pillory \Pil"lo*ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pilloried}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Pillorying}.] [Cf. F. pilorier.]
     1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. "Hungering for
        Puritans to pillory." --Macaulay.
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     2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. --Gladstone.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pillory
       n : a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for
           the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so
           exposed to public scorn [syn: {stocks}]
       v 1: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: {gibbet}]
       2: punish by putting in a pillory
       3: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new
          President"; "The critics crucified the author for
          plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: {savage}, {crucify}]
       [also: {pilloried}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pilloried
       See {pillory}