name and shame
verb[T]
ukusto saypubliclythat aperson,company, etc. hasbehavedin abadorillegalway:
MEPscalled for theauditorstonameandshamethecountriesguiltyofmisusingEUfunds.
name and shame
adjective[before noun]
ukus(alsoname-and-shame)
relatingto theactivityof sayingpubliclythat aperson,company, etc. hasbehavedin abadorillegalway:
It isdisappointingtoseethese twobanks, with alltheirresources, onthe name-and-shamelist.
Thisnewspaperdoes notoperateaname-and-shamepolicy.