Verb
(idiomatic, transitive) To mock; to ridicule or imitate, often to express contempt.
(idiomatic, transitive) To defeat easily, so as to show up as inadequate.
The burglars made a mockery of the museum's security system.
If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice. Jane Goodall
But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it. Buzz Bissinger
But unmindful of the seriousness of the threat of the Invisible Killer, she has lagged in enforcing the lockdown, allowing people not just in rural areas but even in urban centres to make a mockery of social-distancing and self-isolation. Source: Internet
Her actions make a mockery of Black and Latinx cultures. Source: Internet
Perhaps most important, nuclear-powered tactical vehicles would make a mockery of nuclear non-proliferation. Source: Internet
"It would make a mockery of clean sport to reinstate RUSAF when the evidence required to resolve these suspicions, one way or the other, is still being withheld," Andersen said. Source: Internet