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travesty of justice

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meanings of travestyand justice


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travesty
noun[C]
uk /ˈtræv.ə.sti/ us /ˈtræv.ə.sti/
something that fails to represent the values and qualities that it is intended to represent, in a way that is shocking ...
See more at travesty
justice
noun
uk /ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/ us /ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
fairness in the way people are ...
See more at justice


Examples of travesty of justice


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But they would be a travestyofjustice.
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There is no appeal from this, and it is a gross travestyofjustice that it should be allowed to continue.
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It is a travestyofjustice.
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It seems to be a complete travestyofjustice that the whole of the agricultural industry should suffer a large blow because of that.
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That would be a travestyofjustice.
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If this is the case, is not the whole trial a travestyofjustice?
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To sit by as spectators to a travestyofjustice is to condone what is being done.
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The proposals constitute a travestyofjustice, designed simply to get doctors off the hook.
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Is that not a travestyofjustice?
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The governors say that to impugn such a failure to them is a travestyofjustice.
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What a travestyofjustice and sympathy all this is.
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It is a case in which allegations of gross injustice have been made and the expressions "travesty ofjustice"and"shameful treatment" have been very freely used.
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That is a travestyofjustice.
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If ever there were a travestyofjustice, this is it.
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This debate is a travestyofjustice and democracy.
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The result is that the landlord is to have it either way, which is surely quite the most outrageous travestyofjustice.
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That travestyofjustice must be challenged, not by wringing our hands in anguish, but by trying to do something and finding a way forward.
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An unofficial strike is a fraud; it is a complete travestyofjustice, and absolutely against the law.
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It is a travestyofjustice to suggest that people who work in the town but live outside should not serve on the council.
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It seemed to me an absolute travestyofjustice to have people building hospitals and not paying their national insurance stamp.
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