pillory
     n : a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for
         the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so
         exposed to public scorn [syn: {stocks}]
     v 1: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: {gibbet}]
     2: punish by putting in a pillory
     3: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new
        President"; "The critics crucified the author for
        plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: {savage}, {crucify}]
     [also: {pilloried}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

pilloried
     See {pillory}
Source: WordNet® 2.0