English-French translations for travesty

• travesti
• travestissement
  C'est simplement un travestissement du rôle de l'Union européenne, mais je pense que cela reflète historiquement certaines manières dont nous étions peut-être perçus. It is simply just a travesty of the role of the European Union, but I think it does reflect historically some of the ways in which we perhaps were perceived.

Definition of travesty

• An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation
• A parody or stylistic imitation
• An appalling version of something
• To make a travesty of; to parody

Examples

• A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.

Related words

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