False way to ridicule? (4)

I believe the answer is:

mock

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'to ridicule?' is the definition.
(ridiculing is a kind of mocking)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for mock that I've seen before include "Jeer, deride" , "Make fun of; imitation" , "Imitation; tease scornfully" , "Tease - fake" , "Scoff at" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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