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pil·lo·ry  audio  (pl-r) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. pil·lo·ries
A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
pil·lo·ried, pil·lo·ry·ing, pil·lo·ries
  1. To expose to ridicule and abuse.
  2. To put in a pillory as punishment.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French pilori, probably from Latin pla, pillar


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