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Punish With Humiliating Coverings Crossword Clue

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199%13Exact Match!
224%7Humiliating people
324%5Humiliating defeats

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We think the answer is "TAR-AND-FEATHER" which means:

    verb
  • • Smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment

An example sentence would be:

  • • "In the colonial era, tar-and-feather was a form of public punishment."
  • • "The tar-and-feather ritual was often used to humiliate and intimidate individuals."

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