Adjective
in effigy (not comparable)
(idiomatic) with a symbol, usually an effigy, substituted for a real person or thing.
The politician was hanged in effigy: an effigy of the politician was hanged.
Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved... it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. Jack Kemp