satirize
verb (used with object)
to attack or ridicule with satire.
had satirized
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past perfectof satirize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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What is also most remarkable is that my uncle Lion was very much in Hitler’s sights because, of course, he had satirized him as the character Rupert Kutzner in the famous novel "Success".
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2018
The edition of which he speaks was, I believe, that which, by telling in the text the names, and in the notes the characters, of those whom he had satirized, was made intelligible and diverting.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Samuel Johnson
Six times he was assaulted by persons whom he had satirized in his newspaper, and every time he made it tell upon his circulation.
From Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money by James Parton
He remembered the "Mazarinade," in which Scarron had satirized him, and refused to grant any relief to his charming widow.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
He had satirized the groups that went to the making of the Republican party.
From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters
