pillory
枕头,枕边人,枕木,纪念品
Definitions
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plural pil·lo·ries.
- : a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
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pil·lo·ried, pil·lo·ry·ing.
- : to set in the pillory.
- : to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse: The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent.
Examples
Compare the British pillory of Tebbit with the reaction in India to the Kashmiri students.
“Rails” and “lacerate,” two other words swiftly elected for pillory, were classic Tejpal, overblown, mannered, theatrical.
And because the pillory of a bad book is as culturally stimulating as the lauding of a good book.
It may be gratifying to discover such an example, in favor of the pillory!
When were the last known instances of bull-baiting and cock-fighting in Worcester, and when was the pillory last used?
East Looe boasts a further relic of its past in the ancient pillory preserved at the porch of its town hall.
In place of such we have an interesting memorial of Looe's former use of the "cage," a companion instrument to the pillory.
He was fined five hundred pounds and placed in the pillory; the Chief Justice wished that he might be also whipped.