hang someone in effigy Definition

effigy
noun effigies

1. A crude doll or model representing a person, on which hatred of, or contempt for, the person can be expressed, eg by burning it.

Thesaurus: image, representation, dummy, statue, icon, carving.
2. formal
A portrait or sculpture of a person used as an architectural ornament.

Idiom: burn someone in effigy (hang someone in effigy)

To burn or hang a figure of them to express disapproval, etc of them.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin effigies, from fingere to form.