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English to English noun
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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 |  | source: wordnet30
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A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it. | | source: webster1913 verb
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expose to ridicule or public scorn | | source: wordnet30
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punish by putting in a pillory | | source: wordnet30
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criticize harshly or violently | | Example: The press savaged the new President
The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
source: wordnet30
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To set in, or punish with, the pillory. | | source: webster1913
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