Libel
Libel verb - To make untrue and harmful statements about.
Mock
Mock verb - To copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of.
Both words in one sentence
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When Private Eye ran a mock-up Daily Telegraph cover, parodying the MP Expenses Scandal the paper broke by targeting its proprietors, the reclusive Barcley Brothers, they received a letter threatening them with libel action.
Source: Poe's Law
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