[ˈpɪl(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole’, of uncertain origin)

[ˈpɪl(ə)ri], (Verb)

Definitions:
- attack or ridicule publicly
(e.g: he found himself pilloried by members of his own party)

- put (someone) in a pillory


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French pilori, probably from Provençal espilori (associated by some with a Catalan word meaning ‘peephole’, of uncertain origin)