It is a 'travesty' and a tragedy that so many people would be denied the right to vote.
The investigation into the causes of the accident was a complete 'travesty'. [='sham']
The trial was 'a travesty of justice'.
(..) Correct. And now the third and most grave of inquiries: In which year did a Harvard sculler out-row an Oxford man at Henley? Surely such a travesty has never occurred. Your heart is true. You may pass. Welcome to Ch'teau Villette. Leigh Teabing has spent (..)2006 The Da Vinci Code