Lampooned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lampoon \Lam*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lampooned}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Lampooning}.]
     To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to
     make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a
     lampoon.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]


  
           Ribald poets had lampooned him.          --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
          [1913 Webster]