PILLORY


Meaning of PILLORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɪləri ]

( pillories, pillorying, pilloried)

If someone is pilloried , a lot of people, especially journalists, criticize them and make them look stupid.

A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press.

= ridicule

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

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