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Recent Examples of kangaroo court
Which seems an odd determination from a court of inquiry about the shipboard officers’ council, which was fairly clearly a kangaroo court.
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Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Hunter was credited with starting the Orioles’ kangaroo court.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
Bunker said the ordeal felt like a kangaroo court and that the committee had made up their minds before the hearing even began.
—Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a parliamentary committee investigating him a kangaroo court.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 June 2023
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Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Hunter was credited with starting the Orioles’ kangaroo court.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
Bunker said the ordeal felt like a kangaroo court and that the committee had made up their minds before the hearing even began.
—Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a parliamentary committee investigating him a kangaroo court.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kangaroo court
Noun
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The high court agreed to pause a lower court order that had blocked the administration from implementing its ban nationwide.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
6 May 2025
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Frequently, this is done by packing high courts with loyalist judges and creating special tribunals with little or no due process for certain cases or people.—
Amanda Taub,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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That would mean the state supreme court’s decision rejecting religious charter schools would remain.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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The supreme court could render a decision on whether Bar remains in office, and for how long, based on technical issues.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2025
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Ramos posted the $50,000 bail a Queens criminal court judge levied against him during his arraignment on May 4, according to court records.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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Becciu, 76, was convicted in 2023 by the Vatican's criminal court on charges of embezzlement and abuse of office following a high-profile trial that raised questions about the Vatican's judicial process.—
Dan Cody,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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The show is set in 15th century Europe at a time of inquisition, a time when heretics are burned at the stake and it is essentially forbidden to look at the stars.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
15 Mar. 2025
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More snarky inquisitions continue deep into the episode when Morton hosts a lavish birthday party at her Atlanta mansion and both Williams and Kenya Moore, who’s noticeably been omitted from the season’s promo images, are introduced to the show’s new crew.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Their unit commanders called in Dr. Coates and several fellow soldiers and threatened them with court-martial and execution.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 Apr. 2025
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The base provost marshal and military police supported the driver, and Robinson was subject to court-martial.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Kangaroo court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kangaroo%20court. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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