吊つるし上あげる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

hoist; lift up; hang up

Literal physical action of lifting something and suspending it, often with a rope or pulley.

• 漁りょう師しが大おお物ものを吊つるし上あげて重おもさを量はかった。

  The fisherman hoisted the big catch and weighed it.

• 舞ぶ台たいの背はい景けいを吊つるし上あげる作さ業ぎょうは危き険けんだ。

  The work of hoisting the stage backdrop is dangerous.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

gang up and criticize; rebuke en masse; subject to a kangaroo court

Figurative use: a group surrounds someone and harshly interrogates or condemns them, often in a mob-like or unfair manner. Strongly negative connotation.

• 会かい議ぎで新しん人じんがミスを吊つるし上あげられてかわいそうだった。

  At the meeting, the new employee was ganged up on over a mistake, and I felt sorry for them.

• SNSでちょっとした失しつ言げんを吊つるし上あげる風ふう潮ちょうは怖こわい。

  The tendency to gang up and criticize someone on social media for a small slip of the tongue is frightening.