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PILLORY

Definition:

1. [noun] 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
   Synonyms: stocks
   
   
2. [verb] expose to ridicule or public scorn
   Synonyms: gibbet
   
   
3. [verb] punish by putting in a pillory
   
   
4. [verb] criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
   Synonyms: savage, crucify
   
   

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