NAMING AND SHAMING
naming and shaming: translation
naming and shamingˌnaming and ˈshamingnoun[uncountable]LAW
when the authorities make known to the public the names of companies that have broken the law or the rules for a particular activity:
• the naming and shaming of food manufacturers which fail to comply with legislation on safety and quality
— name and shameverb[transitive]:
• plans to name and shame individual directors for slow progress in clearing up the pensions mis-selling scandal
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naming and shamingUKUSnoun[U]
►the activity of saying publicly that a person, company, etc. has behaved in a bad or illegal way:»
He readily backedthe naming and shaming ofunderperforming schools.
»anaming and shaming policy/campaign/approach