Convicts wore placards summing up their offense, and on the way to the gallows were stopped at churches to make an amende honorable, a ceremonial plea for forgiveness.

Those that lose have to wear placards that say 'I live like a pig' around their necks and clean the lavatories.

The five monks who were present at the monastery when the Red Guards attacked were shackled and made to wear placards declaring the crimes charged against them.

Very slim people, on the other hand, wore placards stating that they were thin even before sanctions.

Many of the thousands at the afternoon rally - called "Songs Keep Us Alive and United" - wore small placards on their chests displaying a black target.

The workers' heads had been shaven, and some of them wore placards around their necks, giving their names and "crimes."

Alex saw bodies hanging at a crossroads; the dead wore placards accusing them of treason to the great god Shiva.

Droves of unemployed migrant workers gather daily at an intersection on Liberation Road wearing placards advertising their trades.

Men who wore big placards were standing on the sidewalk staring in through the window at others on the inside.

But dealers don't wear placards proclaiming their trade.