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Definition of lampoon:
Synonyms:
farce comedy, jeering, jeer, mockery, fraud, caper, scoffing, respect, parody, burlesque, put on, lampoonery, humbug, trick, fraudulence, joke, takeoff, charade, spoof, hoax, satirize, antic, pasquinade, sendup, squib, laughter, study at parody, dupery, satirise, travesty, prank, scoff.
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misrepresent (part of speech: verb)
- parody,
- fake,
- satirize,
- spoof,
- exaggerate,
- misrepresent,
- distort,
- counterfeit
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misrepresentation (part of speech: noun)
- misrepresentation,
- parody,
- burlesque,
- cartoon,
- fake,
- caricature,
- farce,
- exaggeration,
- counterfeit,
- spoof,
- distortion,
- takeoff,
- travesty,
- satire
Usage examples:
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When expletives occur they are generally in the spirit of derision and lampoon.
- "A Cursory History of Swearing", Julian Sharman. -
And may you ever have the luck, To rhyme almost as ill as Duck; And though you never learnt to scan verse, Come out with some lampoon on D'Anvers.
- "Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Vol. 3", George Gilfillan. -
More interesting to read would doubtless be a lampoon, said to reflect on everything sacred to Scotland, and burnt accordingly, which was called Caledonia; or, the Pedlar turned Merchant.
- "Books Condemned to be Burnt", James Anson Farrer.