satirize

present singular third person satirizes · participle present satirizing · participle past satirized · past satirized · alternative satirise

1. transitiveTo make a satire of; to mock.

   Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different.

   1910, Charles Shirley Potts, Crime and the treatment of the criminal: Issue 8

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   Nat Habib, the producer‐director at the Scarsdale theater, says that “Flahooley,” which satirizes big business, was in part a victim of the McCarthyism of the times.

   1979 May 8, Judith A. Handelman, “Play From the 50's ‘Premieres’”, in The New York Times

   It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.

   2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in The New York Times

   But Reitman, who also coscripted the film (with Sheldon Turner) from a novel by Walter Kirn, isn't interested in merely satirizing the existence of guys like Bingham.

   2009 December 9, Peter Howell, “Clooney at his funny best finds first-class isn't tops”, in Toronto Star

   Synonyms: spoof