to make feel sorry for, to move to pity
Tom n'avait pas le temps de s'apitoyer sur son sort.
Tom didn’t have time to feel sorry for himself.
Cette saloperie essaie de nous apitoyer.
This bastard is trying to make us feel sorry for him.
— Bugonia (2025)
Inutile d'apitoyer ton père en jouant les martyrs.
There's no point in making your father feel sorry for you by playing the martyr.
— Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959)
On ne va pas se laisser apitoyer, hein, Don ?
We're not going to let ourselves be pitied, are we, Don?
— Bugonia (2025)