pillory

English

Wikipedia

A pillory.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪlə(ɹ)i/ X-SAMPA: /pIl@(r)i:/ (UK)

Etymology

French pilori

Noun

pillory (plural pillories)

1. A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

Translations

a framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation

• Afrikaans: skandpaal (af)
• Catalan: picota (ca) f
• Danish: gabestok (da) c
• Dutch: schandpaal (nl) m
• Esperanto: kolono de malhonoro (eo)
• Finnish: häpeäpaalu (fi)
• French: pilori (fr) m
• German: Pranger (de) m, Schandpfahl (de) m

• Hungarian: pellengér (hu)
• Italian: gogna (it) f
• Japanese: さらし台 (ja) (sarashidai)
• Lithuanian: gėdos stulpas (lt) m
• Macedonian: срамен столб (mk) (srámen stólb) m
• Norwegian: gapestokk (no) m
• Polish: dyby (pl) pl, gąsior (pl) m
• Portuguese: pelourinho (pt)
• Spanish: picota (es) f
• Swedish: stupstock (sv) c, skampåle (sv) c

Verb

pillory (third-person singular simple present pillories, present participle pillorying, simple past and past participle pilloried)

1. (transitive) To put in a pillory.
2. (transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
3. (transitive) To criticize harshly.
   • 2011 September 24, Aled Williams, “Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea”, BBC Sport:

     The breakthrough came through Torres who, pilloried for his miss against Manchester United a week earlier, scored his second goal of the season.

Translations

put someone in a pillory

• Danish: sætte i gabestokken (da)
• Dutch: aan (nl) de (nl) schandpaal (nl) zetten (nl)/hangen (nl)
• German: an den Pranger stellen

• Hungarian: kipellengérez (hu), pellengére állit (hu)
• Norwegian: sette i gapestokken (no)

subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse

• Dutch: beschamen (nl), vernederen (nl), bespotten (nl)
• German: an den Pranger stellen

• Hungarian: kipellengérez (hu), pellengére állit (hu)
• Norwegian: sette i gapestokken (no)

criticize harshly

• Dutch: kritiseren (nl), afbreken (nl)
• German: an den Pranger stellen

• Norwegian: hudflette (no)