[noun] [C] [slightly formal] - something which fails to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent, in a way that is shocking or offensiveTheir production of 'Macbeth' was quite the worst I've ever seen - it was a travesty.Langdale described the court ruling as a travesty of justice.Compare parody.
TRAVESTY
Meaning of TRAVESTY in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012