From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprick somebody’s conscienceprick somebody’s conscienceGUILTY/FEEL GUILTYif something pricks someone’s conscience or their conscience pricks them, they feel guilty or ashamed Her conscience pricked her as she told the lie. → prick
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prick somebody’s conscience• Gordimer's novels pricked the conscience of white South Africans. 