verb, noun
verb [VN] (written) to criticize sb/sth publicly in an amusing way that makes them or it look ridiculous:
His cartoons mercilessly lampooned the leading politicians of his time.
noun (written) a piece of writing that criticizes sb/sth and makes them or it look silly:
Such lampoons of royalty were previously found only in the foreign press.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lampoon is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does lampoon appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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