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1. 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

1. Expose to ridicule or public scorn
   - gibbet
    
2. Punish by putting in a pillory
    
3. Criticize harshly or violently
   "The press pilloried the new President";
   - savage, blast [informal], crucify

Derived forms: pilloried, pillories, pillorying

Type of: criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], display, exhibit, expose, instrument of punishment, knock [informal], penalise [Brit], penalize, pick apart, punish, sanction

Encyclopedia: Pillory