Light hoops a man sent up (9)
I believe the answer is:
lampooned
'sent up' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'light hoops a man' is the wordplay.
'light' becomes 'lamp' (lamp is a kind of light).
'hoops' becomes 'oo' (two O's - O looks like a hoop).
'a man' becomes 'ned' (man's name).
'lamp'+'oo'+'ned'='LAMPOONED'
(Other definitions for lampooned that I've seen before include "made to look silly" , "Publicly ridiculed" , "Satirised" .)