Usually means: Publicly exposing wrongdoing or misconduct.
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  1. name and shame: Collins English Dictionary
  2. name and shame: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. name and shame: Wiktionary
  4. name and shame: Dictionary.com
  5. Name and shame: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Name and shame: Phrase Finder

Definitions from Wiktionary (name and shame)

verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To publish the name of (a person or organization that has committed some transgression) so as to single them out for individual blame and censure.

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