kangaroo court

Speech parts

1. kangaroo court - Noun

2. kangaroo court - Phrase

Meaning

an irregular unauthorized court

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Synonyms

show trial lynch mob mob justice unjust trial mock court sham trial illegal court farcical trial self-appointed tribunal illegal adjudication illegal detention improper legal process street justice impromptu court unauthorized court
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Antonyms

proper trial just trial legitimate trial official court official trial authorized court
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Hypernyms

court judicature tribunal

Examples

Kofi Annan's kangaroo court...a clear and present danger to the war on terrorism and Americans fighting it all over the world. Tom DeLay

Basically, we are moving towards a true kangaroo court! Source: Internet

Bryant and Milam are dead, and they were acquitted by a kangaroo court, after the defense told an all-white jury “that every last Anglo-Saxon one of you has the courage to free these men.” Source: Internet

I don’t need to be tried in a kangaroo court. Source: Internet

I am glad to see Seselj out of that kangaroo court, because I always felt he needs to be tried in Serbia and put in jail there. Source: Internet

Still, future House Speaker Jose Oliva, a Miami Lakes Republican, on Thursday questioned Negron’s handling of the investigation, claiming it was setting up Artiles for a “kangaroo court.” Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

kangaroo court

Close letter words and terms

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