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noun (pillories)
- A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, schandpaal, m)
- German: Schandpfahl(de, Pranger, m}}, {{t-, de)m
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verb (pillor, i, ed)
- (transitive) To put someone in a pillory.
- (transitive) To subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
- (transitive) To criticize harshly.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, kritiseren), afbreken(nl)
- German: an den Pranger stellen
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