verb, noun
verb (pillories, pillorying, pilloried, pilloried) [VN] [oftenpassive] (written) to criticize sb strongly in public:
He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.
noun (plural pillories) a wooden frame, with holes for the head and hands, which people were locked into in the past as a punishment
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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