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Definition of pillory verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pillory

verb
 
/ˈpɪləri/
 
/ˈpɪləri/
[often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pillory
 
/ˈpɪləri/
 
/ˈpɪləri/
he / she / it pillories
 
/ˈpɪləriz/
 
/ˈpɪləriz/
past simple pilloried
 
/ˈpɪlərid/
 
/ˈpɪlərid/
past participle pilloried
 
/ˈpɪlərid/
 
/ˈpɪlərid/
-ing form pillorying
 
/ˈpɪləriɪŋ/
 
/ˈpɪləriɪŋ/
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  1. pillory somebody to criticize somebody strongly in public
    • He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole’, of uncertain origin).
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