he was pilloried
he was punished
TRANSLATION
pillory = der Pranger; der Schandpfahl to pillory so. = jmdn. an den Pranger stellen LEO
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Yahoo and Google are being PILLORIED for cooperating with Beijings army of censors."
(Fortune Magazine - March 2006)
Note:
When Daniel Defoe was placed in the pillory at Charing Cross as a punishment for writing a satire, public sympathy won out over the desire of the government of the day to punish: the crowd threw flowers instead of the more usual vegetables, dead animals and stones, defeating the pillory's purpose.
(Fortune Magazine - March 2006)
Note:
When Daniel Defoe was placed in the pillory at Charing Cross as a punishment for writing a satire, public sympathy won out over the desire of the government of the day to punish: the crowd threw flowers instead of the more usual vegetables, dead animals and stones, defeating the pillory's purpose.
Did you
know?
pil-lo-ry
noun
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.
1. To expose to ridicule and abuse.
2. To put in a pillory as punishment.
Middle English, from Old French pilori, probably from Latin pla, pillar.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonym:
the stocks
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"He was pilloried for making improper remarks about the chairman"
noun
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.
1. To expose to ridicule and abuse.
2. To put in a pillory as punishment.
Middle English, from Old French pilori, probably from Latin pla, pillar.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonym:
the stocks
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"He was pilloried for making improper remarks about the chairman"
