(v) criticize harshly or violently, Syn.crucify, blast, pillory, Example: The press savaged the new President; The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n.; pl.Pillories [ F. pilori; cf. Pr. espitlori, LL. piloricum, pilloricum, pellericum, pellorium, pilorium, spilorium; perhaps from a derivative of L. speculari to look around, observe. Cf. Speculate. ] A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pilloried p. pr. & vb. n. Pillorying. ] [ Cf. F. pilorier. ] 1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. “Hungering for Puritans to pillory.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
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