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Exact Match:

pillory

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

punish by putting in a pillory

expose to ridicule or public scorn

Synonyms:

• Oregon boat,
• attaint,
• bespatter,
• bilbo,
• blacken,
• blot,
• blow upon,
• bond,
• bonds,
• brand,
• branks,
• bridle,
• bring into discredit,
• bring low,
• bring shame upon,
• bring to account,
• bring to book,
• call to account,
• camisole,
• cast reproach upon,
• castigate,
• censure,
• chains,
• chasten,
• chastise,
• collar,
• correct,
• crank,
• cucking stool,
• cuffs,
• deal with,
• debase,
• defame,
• defile,
• defrock,
• degrade,
• deplume,
• deride,
• disapprove,
• discipline,
• discredit,
• disgrace,
• dishonor,
• disparage,
• displume,
• ducking stool,
• expose,
• expose to infamy,
• fetter,
• finger pillory,
• gag,
• gibbet,
• grin at,
• gyves,
• halter,
• hamper,
• handcuffs,
• hang in effigy,
• hobbles,
• hold in derision,
• hopples,
• humiliate,
• impute shame to,
• inflict upon,
• irons,
• laugh at,
• laugh to scorn,
• leading strings,
• leash,
• make fun of,
• make game of,
• make merry with,
• manacle,
• masthead,
• muzzle,
• pan,
• penalize,
• point at,
• poke fun at,
• punish,
• put one on,
• put to shame,
• rag,
• razz,
• reflect discredit upon,
• reins,
• reprimand,
• reproach,
• restraint,
• restraints,
• ride,
• ridicule,
• roast,
• settle with,
• shackle,
• shame,
• slur,
• smear,
• smile at,
• snicker at,
• snigger at,
• soil,
• square accounts,
• stain,
• stigmatize,
• stocks,
• straightjacket,
• strait-waistcoat,
• straitjacket,
• stranglehold,
• sully,
• taint,
• take to task,
• tarnish,
• tether,
• trammel,
• trammels,
• treadmill,
• trebuchet,
• triangle,
• triangles,
• unfrock,
• vilify,
• visit upon,
• whipping post,
• wooden horse,
• yoke