pasquinade

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.

   “I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade—but Catherine, who might have said anything, didn't say a word.”

   “Queen Juana of Castile: Swear that you speak true./Cesare: I could place my palm on the Bible, but my oath would be a pasquinade./Queen Juana: Then swear on something else./Cesare: I would, if I believed in something other than myself./Queen Juana: A dishonest man would have taken the Bible, regardless of its meaning to him, and sworn until Sunday. I accept your word.”

verb

1. (transitive)To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.

   “Chantilly was a quondam cobler of the Rue St. Denis, who, becoming stage-mad, had attempted the rôle of Xerxes, in Crebillon's tragedy so called, and been notoriously pasquinaded for his pains.”