lampooned

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Now: Lampooned in cartoons of yore as a superhero in Y-fronts, Sir John Major descended into the fray to warn that a Labour-SNP deal would create "mayhem".

From BBC • May 4, 2015

Lampooned in the satirical magazine Private Eye as “Cap’n Bob”, he craved international status as a political figure.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2014

Lampooned by an Anchorage Daily News cartoon that showed oil-company workers competing in a race for a "Public Relations Cup," the rescuers also faced the possibility of inadvertently killing the whales with kindness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lampooned as a feckless frat boy, he ran a more disciplined race than we have seen in years; he made his inexperience a virtue, his vagueness a shield, his sins a sign of sincerity.

From Time Magazine Archive