tar-and-feather

• Verb, das beschreibt, jemanden mit Teer zu bestreichen und mit Federn zu bestreuen, als Form öffentlicher Demütigung oder Bestrafung; wird oft im übertragenen Sinne für scharfe Kritik oder Bestrafung verwendet.

A verb used to describe the act of covering someone with tar and feathers as a form of public humiliation or punishment, often used figuratively to mean harshly criticize or punish.

1. Punish by covering with tar and feathersC2formal

   To smear the body of someone with hot tar and then cover them with feathers as a form of public humiliation or punishment.

   Teeren und Federn

   • In the old West, vigilantes would sometimes tar-and-feather outlaws.
   • The mob threatened to tar-and-feather the corrupt official.
   • Historically, tar-and-feathering was used as a brutal form of mob justice.