What is "pierces"

Usage examples of "pierces".

To socially ambitious people like the Pierces, being ostracized probably did sound like a fate worse than death.

Aubyn had immediately sent constables to arrest the Pierces, assuring Gavin and Alex that this time, justice would truly be done.

But nylon pins cruelly pricked and tightened her wrists, their vicious pierces ripping, shredding into her skin.