lampoon

/læmpˈuːn/

/ɫæmˈpun/

to lampoon

MAIN VERB

to harshly criticize or joke about someone or something in public

synonyms : satirise

Lampoon

a drawing, speech, or text aiming to criticize something or someone in a humorous manner

synonyms : burlesque

Examples

1. It lampooned them.

2. Mitt Romney lampooned Mr. Obama's explanations today in Saint Louis.

3. -Baldwin lampooned some of Trump's statements about coronavirus.

4. In 2021, fully 75 years after Charlie Chaplin famously lampooned working conditions in industrial America.