pillory
pil‧lo‧ry /ˈpɪləri/ verb (past tense and past participle pilloried, present participle pillorying, third person singular pillories) [transitive usually passive]
pillory noun (plural pillories) [countable]
قاپوق، نوعی آلت شکنجه قدیمی که سر ودست مجرم را از سوراخ کوچک تخته سنگی گذارنده وفشار میدادند
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Synonyms & Related Wordspillory[verb]Synonyms: ridicule, brand, denounce, stigmatize
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English DictionaryI. pil‧lo‧ry1 /ˈpɪləri/
verb (
past tense and past participle pilloried,
present participle pillorying,
third person singular pillories)
[transitive usually passive] if someone is pilloried, they are publicly criticized by a lot of people, especially in newspapers etc:
The education secretary was pilloried by the press for his latest proposals. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. pillory2 noun (
plural pillories)
[countable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: pilori]
a wooden frame with holes for someone’s head and hands to be locked into, used in the past as a way of publicly punishing someone
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the stocks at
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