travesty
noun
a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation.
Example Sentences
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The statement ended: "She must remain in prison – anything less would go down in history as being one of the highest travesties of justice."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
Then—watch out—the parade of CEOs uber-bullish on their companies no matter what travesties have befallen them begins.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2024
But if they wanted to ditch him for anything, he had nine months of cataclysmic travesties behind him, any one of which could have brought about his downfall.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2023
“There are two travesties that are juxtaposed here,” Oliver said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
She’d heard of them but had never witnessed their travesties; the colored evening at the theater in South Carolina offered different fare.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
