[trav.es.ty] vt -tied ; -ty.ing (1673): to make a travesty of: parody
[2]travesty n, pl -ties [obs. E travesty, disguised, parodied, fr. F travesti, pp. of travestir to disguise, fr. It travestire, fr. tra- across (fr. L trans-) + vestire to dress, fr. L--more at vest] (1674) 1: a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usu. grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter
2: a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation "a ~ of justice" syn see caricature