Word: pillories
Category: pillories
Law & Government
Synonyms: pillories
stocks
Translations: pillories
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spanish
Translations:
picotas, cepos
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german
Translations:
pranger, Pranger, Prangern, Der Pranger
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french
Translations:
piloris
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italian
Translations:
gogne
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portuguese
Translations:
pelourinhos, bonitos pelourinhos, picotas
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dutch
Translations:
schandpalen, schandpalen die
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russian
Translations:
позорные столбы
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norwegian
Translations:
Pillories
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czech
Translations:
Pranýře
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greek
Translations:
Διαπομπεύει
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ukrainian
Translations:
ганебні, найганебніші
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belarusian
Translations:
ганебныя
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slovak
Translations:
pranier, pranierovanie, pranieri, pranýr, pranieru
The meaning and "use of": pillories
noun
- a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which an offender was imprisoned and exposed to public abuse. - The punishments for which may be confiscation of the fish, imprisonment, the pillory , and the offender giving up his occupation for a year and a day.
- attack or ridicule publicly. - he found himself pilloried by members of his own party
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