PIEING

Pieing

Pieing is the act of throwing a pie at a person or people. This can be a political action when the target is an authority figure, politician, or celebrity and can be used as a means of protesting against the target's political beliefs, or against perceived arrogance or vanity. Perpetrators generally regard the act as a form of ridicule to embarrass and humiliate the victim. In some U.S. states pieing may conform to definitions of the crime of battery, but not assault.

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pieing

Noun

  1. An instance of throwing a pie at someone, most prominently a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest.
    The Canadian prime minister was the victim of a pieing.

Verb



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