Synonym: crucify, gibbet, savage. Similar words: pillow, pill, pallor, spill, pillage, spillage, capillary, kill off. Meaning: ['pɪlərɪ] 
n. a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn. v. 1. expose to ridicule or public scorn 2. punish by putting in a pillory 3. criticize harshly or violently.
n. a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn. v. 1. expose to ridicule or public scorn 2. punish by putting in a pillory 3. criticize harshly or violently. 31. Even if all these people gave back double the amount they received and spent the week in the public pillory, it wouldn't fix the problem.
32. He wanted a fallacy to expose, a blunder to pillory, I may say required a little sense of victory, a roll of the drum, to call his powers into full exercise.