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Definition of pillory verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pillory

verb

NAmE//ˈpɪləri//

[often passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they pillory

he / she / it pillories

past simple pilloried

-ing form pillorying

pillory somebody to criticize someone strongly in public He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.

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