Lampoon
Lampoon , noun
[French lampon a drinking song, from lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, from lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to English lap to drink. Probably so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]
1.
A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
Like her who missed her name in a lampoon,
And grieved to find herself decayed so soon.
2.
Any satire ridiculing or mocking a person, activity, or institution by representing its character or behavior in an exaggerated or grotesque form; the representation may be written, filmed, or performed as a live skit, and may be intended as a severe reproach, or as good-natured humor.
Lampoon , transitive verb
To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon.
Ribald poets had lampooned him.