Noun:

Pillory,

pillory's Usage Examples:

pilloryBlair is often pilloried for spending too much time abroad playing the global statesman.

On Ascension Day 1528 he committed an outrage on the sacrament carried in procession; he was placed in the pillory, had his tongue bored, and was banished from Delft for three years.

The church of St Helen is a fine Perpendicular building, restored and enlarged (1880); it contains monuments of the Huntingdon family, and an old finger-pillory for the punishment of misbehaviour in church.

In 1581 he became acquainted with Edward Kelly, an apothecary, who had been convicted of forgery and had lost both ears in the pillory at Lancaster.

pilloryuld have been me being pilloried by the media.

Prynne supported a national church controlled by the state, and issued a series of tracts against independency, including in his attacks Henry Burton his former fellow sufferer in the pillory, John Lilburne and John Goodwin [e.

He was sentenced to an hour in the pillory, which was remitted, and to fine and imprisonment, which were enforced.

Among other buildings may be mentioned the ancient chapel of St Nicholas in West Looe, restored in 1862; and the old town-hall, where the ancient pillory is preserved.

pilloryobody ever accused Sun Ra of pretentiousness the way they've mercilessly pilloried Vander.

pilloryrs were rightly pilloried in the press on Sunday and Forfar given due praise, but it was Rangers who won the Replay.

pilloryers are routinely pilloried for their maudlin tendency to wallow in grief but somehow the loveable Geordies get away scot-free.

Synonyms:

gibbet, expose, display, exhibit,

Antonyms:

wrap, veil, overexpose, underexpose, keep quiet,