tar and feather

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The attorney, E Dirk Wegmann, told the special master that the plaintiffs only want the Saints emails released so they can give them to the media and “unfairly try to tar and feather the archdiocese”.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2020

The attorney, E. Dirk Wegmann, told the special master that the plaintiffs only want the Saints emails released so they can give them to the media and “unfairly try to tar and feather the archdiocese.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2020

But in a nation of widely disparate views on all aspects of government and society, you’re also going to have a good many eager to tar and feather you.

From Washington Times • Aug. 16, 2017

Applied to Scalia’s death, it means that this is not the time for critics to tar and feather the justice.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2016

Because you're brave enough to tar and feather poor friendless cast-out women that come along here, did that make you think you had grit enough to lay your hands on a man?

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark