Inevitably lawmakers would have held a tar-and-feather hearing on the $2 fee to try to climb out of the approval basement.
Forbes(Dec 30, 2011)
Frustrated by a hamstrung police department, citizens here have taken to the Internet to digitally tar-and-feather her.
New York Times(Jun 26, 2010)
My boy, a mob was forming to tar-and-feather me.
Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel), The Cottage of Delight—A Novel(2010)