burn in effigy



burn someone in effigy

to burn a dummy or other figure that represents a hated person. For the third day in a row, they burned the king in effigy. Until they have burned you in effigy, you can't really be considered a famous leader.
See also: burn, effigy

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Timoti-Maori
Surayya-Arabic
Yonah-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Vlado-Croatian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Valda-Latvian
Franciscafrahn-THEES-kah (Spanish), frahn-SEES-kah (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-kə (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman