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DictionarySeeeffigyin effigy
in effigySymbolically; publicly in the form of an effigy. (Typically used with the verbs "burn" or "hang.") In protest of the war, a large group has set about burning the president in effigy outside the White House.See also: effigyin effigySymbolically. For example, That umpire was completely unfair-let's burn him in effigy. Now used only figuratively, this term formerly signified a way of carrying out the sentence of a criminal who had escaped, such as burn in effigy or hang in effigy. A dummy was made of the criminal or a detested political figure and subjected to the prescribed punishment. [c. 1600] See also: effigy in effigy Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy: The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.See also: effigy |