I. noun
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Klein began his career by drawing caricatures of local politicians in the paper.
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Politicians are used to having caricatures of themselves printed in newspapers.
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The young man looked like a caricature of a South American polo player.
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We had our caricatures drawn by a street artist while we were on vacation in Turkey.
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But whereas caricature depends on paring down character to exaggerated essentials, acting conveys shades, nuances and inconsistencies.
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It's a sort of caricature of a machine.
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Now she added quick caricatures and portraits to her entertainments at Hunnewell parties.
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The caricature is crude, but recognisable.
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Their personalities are easily exaggerated, their foibles ripe for caricature or psychotherapy.
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Unfortunately, now four years later our original leader has become a cartoon caricature .
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Unfortunately, popular folklore eventually romanticized the leader and his tribe, reducing them almost to comic book caricatures.
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Yet all these caricatures are historically misplaced.
II. verb
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Many celebrity customers have been caricatured and hung on the restaurant's walls.
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And even if there is a deal, Mr Clinton will try to caricature Republican reforms as monsters from the deep.
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And we allowed ourselves to be caricatured by our opponents.
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As such its history can be caricatured as having had three stages.
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Economic gurus tend to think of themselves as hard scientists, while caricaturing educators as limp, at best.
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It is less understandable when the union is caricatured in more seriously researched publications.