Pillory

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1. Noun

A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.

2. Verb

To set in, or punish with, the pillory.

3. Verb

Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
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