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transvest (verb), transvests; transvested; transvesting
1. To derive pleasure or to disguise oneself by dressing in clothing that is typical of the opposite gender: Mike was a singer who transvested himself as if he were a woman even though he had a beard.

In order to be unrecognized by the police when he went into the jewelry store to steal expensive diamonds and cash from the owner, the robber was transvesting as a woman because he knew that the hidden camera would be recording the activities of the heist.

2. Etymology: from Latin trans-, "across" + vestire, "to clothe, to dress".
To dress in garments of another gender in order to disguise oneself.
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transvest, transvests; transvested; transvesting
To dress like those of the opposite gender; such as, men clothed like women or females wearing outfits as if they were men. (1)
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