Definition
To mock; to ridicule or imitate, often to express contempt.
To defeat easily, so as to show up as inadequate.
In Context
- "After Gervinho had been brilliantly denied an early shot on goal by Mats Hummels' outstretched boot, the German champions made a mockery of their fourth-seeding in this season's group-stage draw."
- "The burglars made a mockery of the museum's security system."
- "[…]and this squadron would include various steamships that made further mockery of the sail-powered slave ships' attempts to evade them."
- "England played with style and superiority, showing the levels Tuchel insisted they would, making a mockery of the threat most observers thought Serbia would provide."