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Answer for the clue "Exposes to public scorn ", 9 letters:
pillories

Word definitions for pillories in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pillory \Pil"lo*ry\, 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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of pillory English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: pillory )

Usage examples of pillories.

We were marched past the pillories and through another pair of doors into a big stable yard where carts and carriages stood in their stalls, and a gate stood open to the east road of the village.

There were several pillories, in fact, in a row in their own little clearing.