kangaroo court

noun

Definition of kangaroo courtnext
as in high court

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Recent Examples of kangaroo court Following a trial described by international observers as a kangaroo court, they were sentenced to death on October 31, 1995. — Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026 Kinda like all that Canton surveillance video in 2022 that would have spared Karen Read the burden of having to go through those two trials in the kangaroo court. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025 Chandler complained about her treatment at trial, calling it a kangaroo court. — Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025 Each of them struggles with their foreign agent status, hiring lawyers to represent them in kangaroo courts where the verdict has been pre-determined. — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kangaroo court
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  1. high court
  2. supreme court
  3. criminal court
  4. inquisition
  5. court-martial
  6. drumhead court-martial
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  • Thompson appealed to the high court after losing at the appeals court level.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For example, this year, the high court refused to allow the president to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of high court
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  • The negotiations are focused on rebuilding institutions, including Venezuela’s supreme court and electoral commission, to underpin free and fair elections.
    — Helena Carpio, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In the heated news coverage of what’s at stake in the 2026 midterms, state supreme court races are drawing relatively little attention.
    — Rachel Rebouché, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of supreme court
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  • The plan prompted European soccer’s governing body to threaten to bring a complaint to criminal court.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Her directive contradicts state law, which since 2023 has required judges to livestream most criminal court proceedings except under particular circumstances.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of criminal court
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  • The point is that an inquisition’s social cost is so high that its victims’ guilt or innocence is only part of the accounting.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Defeat on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina in their play-off bracket’s final in March led to an inquisition.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of inquisition
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  • Ordered to give up the codes under the threat of court-martial, Kirk refuses.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Petty Officer Jermiah Copeland received the sentence at a general court-martial after pleading guilty to unpremeditated murder and related charges in the death of Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) said Tuesday in a news release.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of court-martial
Noun
  • And men like Lang Long, a Cambodian who was trafficked and sold into the Thai fishing industry, are modern-day Billy Budds in a system that lacks even the rough justice of a drumhead court-martial.
    — Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Definition of drumhead court-martial

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