verb
- past tense of gibbet: to execute by hanging on a gibbet, or to hang (a body) on a gibbet as a public display
- to expose to public scorn or ridicule; to shame publicly
Usage: historical; archaic
Usage: figurative; archaic
Examples
- The criminal was gibbetted as a warning to others in the town.
- His body was gibbetted on the gallows for weeks.
- The traitor was gibbetted in the public square.
- History gibbetted his name as a symbol of corruption.
- The scandal gibbetted the politician's reputation forever.