tar-and-feather

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verb

smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers;
done in some societies as punishment
- The thief was tarred and feathered
• Hypernyms:
punish, penalize, penalise
• Entailment:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody