Definition of "pilloried" [pilloried]

• Simple past tense and past participle of pillory. (verb)

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• "Sir David said if Parole Board members felt they would be "pilloried" for making a mistake that was "bound" to have an effect on them."
• "Sir Michael Scholar warned they were being 'pilloried' for publishing objective information and insisted immigration statistics had been released as they were clearly 'in the public interest'."
• "Sir Michael Scholar's accusation that statisticians are being "pilloried" for publishing independent and objective statistics."