Pillory

[Slava]

I just saw this used as a verb in an old Perry Mason novelette. The lights of the police car "pilloried" the people of interest. Rather vivid, no?

noun
1. a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
–verb (used with object)
2. to set in the pillory.
3. to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse: The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent.
Origin:
1225–75; ME pyllory < OF pilori, perh. < ML pīlōrium, equiv. to L pīl(a) pillar (see pile 1 ) + -ōrium -ory 2 , though Rom vars. such as Pr espillori suggest a less transparent source

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[LukeJavan8]

Also called the "stocks", I believe, but stand to be
corrected.