Satirize \Sat"ir*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Satirized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Satirizing}.] [Cf. F. satiriser.] To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues. --Swift.
Dangerfield, he said, has spent a lifetime developing a unique voice, style and remarks such as, "I can't get no respect." Attorneys for Park Inns argue they have the right to satirize famous people.
Director Juzo Itami uses a man's obsessional search for the perfect noodle restaurant as a means to satirize spaghetti westerns, among a great many other things.
Mr. Mull, whose shtick is to satirize his presumably bland, middle-American background, takes us to his real-life home town for more of the same.
There is no problem, he said, "if you use a work of art to satirize an opponent of the government.