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travesties
Variant of travesty
noun pl. travesties
- a grotesque or farcical imitation for purposes of ridicule; burlesque
- a crude, distorted, or ridiculous representation (of something): a trial that was a travesty of justice
transitive verb travestied, travestying
to make a travesty of; burlesque
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