Pilloried

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of pillory form-of, participle, past

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whipping postattaintbespatterbilboblackenblast

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"Those practices were pilloried by the government."

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