pil-
(Latin: to gather, to pillage, to plunder, to rob, to steal, to snatch, to heap up (as stones) and to carry off)
Don't confuse the words in this pil- unit with the pil-, pilo- or "hair" group of words.
pillory (verb), pillories; pilloried; pillorying
1. To publicly or to openly criticize and to scorn someone in a very harsh way: The mayor was pilloried by the press and the local citizens for his bad behavior and the criticisms kept coming in for several days.
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The city counsel is pillorying the judge for the decision she made about releasing a convicted burglar.
2. Historically, to put someone into a wooden frame with his hands and feet bound as a public punishment: The man was pilloried for stealing food in the open market.Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index
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recompile (verb), recompiles; recompiled; recompiling
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