travesty

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[ US /ˈtɹævəsti/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈævəstˌi/ ]

NOUN

a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

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How To Use travesty In A Sentence

I think that is a travesty of justice if that occurs and I'm against it totally.
I suppose that I have to ask why you have not in turn commented upon the ailurophilia of T.S. Eliot, whose work, by comparison, seems like a travesty of Smart …. Existentialolcaturday : Stephen Burt : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
I felt this to have been a very dangerous proceeding, for if le bon Dieu had noticed Ghislaine's travesty, He might have made the wind turn, and she would then have remained a deviless and been forced to live in hell for all eternity. A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago
He has a good sense of humor about his situation, but it makes it nonetheless a travesty of justice and humanity.
As an absolute and omnicompetent power, from the standpoint of psychological realism it is both an ethical travesty and a practical absurdity.
The showpeople left calling it a travesty of justice.
It would be a travesty if this case were to undermine the confidence of victims. Times, Sunday Times
Langdale described the court ruling as a travesty of justice.
What a total travesty of anything remotely resembling justice. The Sun
The conviction of Iran / Contra whistleblower Celerino "Cele" Castillo III late last year on federal charges of dealing in firearms without a license is beginning to look more and more like a travesty of justice. The NarcoSphere -

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