STOCKS

Stocks

Stocks are devices used internationally, in medieval, Renaissance and colonial American times as a form of physical punishment involving public humiliation. The stocks partially immobilized its victims and they were often exposed in a public place such as the site of a market to the scorn of those who passed by.

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stocks

Noun

  1. A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.

Verb



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