What is the meaning of the word 'pillory' in German?

pillory - pranger


Some sentence examples which use the word 'pillory'

  • The filmmaker made a movie to pillory the politician who advocated against gay marriage while keeping a male lover himself.
  • Defoe was tried, found guilty of seditious libel, and sentenced to be fined, to stand three days in the pillory, and to be imprisoned.
  • During the colonial period, thieves were often locked in a pillory in the town square where they would suffer public humiliation.
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