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pillory
[ pil-uh-ree ]
noun
plural pillories.
- a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
verb (used with object)
pilloried, pillorying.
- to set in the pillory.
- to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse:
The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent.
pillory
/ 藞辫瑟濒蓹谤瑟 /
noun
- a wooden framework into which offenders were formerly locked by the neck and wrists and exposed to public abuse and ridicule
- exposure to public scorn or abuse
verb
- to expose to public scorn or ridicule
- to punish by putting in a pillory
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pillory1
C13: from Anglo-Latin pillorium, from Old French pilori, of uncertain origin; related to 笔谤辞惫别苍莽补濒 espillori
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He said the EU was being hit by 20% tariffs and the UK's lower rate of 10% was actually a vindication of those who "were pilloried and abused" for backing Brexit.
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"A staffer had his number on there," said Trump, who has long pilloried reporting by Goldberg going back to the 2020 election.
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Now it鈥檚 been pilloried for taking jobs from short actors.
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He got pilloried, which was the start of what Jack calls his "massive learning curve".
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This spring, nearly 50 of his former colleagues and leaders of the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund pilloried Kennedy.
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