tarred-and-feathered
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- adjective
- /tɑrd ənd ˈfɛðərd/
:
cubierto de alquitrán y plumas
- And the person(s) who reported the "suspicious behavior" ought to be tarred and feathered!
- gets tarred-and-feathered
Examples
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In another day and age, they would have been run out of town but not before being tarred and feathered.
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If so, then I hope every one of these representatives is tarred and feathered.
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These idiots deserve nothing more than to be taken somewhere and be tarred and feathered.
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Instead, those of us who do try to participate in constructive criticism are tarred and feathered.
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And no doubt, sometimes mobs have lynched, tarred and feathered, or beaten senseless someone who was really guilty and had it all coming.
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In the past, people accused of treason were sometimes tarred-and-feathered as a severe punishment.
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The rebellious leader was tarred-and-feathered by the angry mob in a public spectacle.
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Historically, he was tarred-and-feathered after being falsely accused of stealing from the community.
Synonyms
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Cover someone with hot sticky tar and then feathers to punish and shame them publicly
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To put someone in a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands for public shame
How Humiliating
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tarred-and-feathered comes from a cruel public punishment in the past when people were covered in sticky tar and then stuck with feathers. This made a loud, visible 'shame' to stop them from doing something wrong, so the phrase now means being punished or humiliated in public.