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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kangaroo court
  1. high court
  2. supreme court
  3. criminal court
  4. inquisition
  5. court-martial
  6. drumhead court-martial
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  • The tariff will begin on the same day that a 10% global tariff announced immediately after the high court's ruling is set to expire.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • The irony, for some legal experts, is that Barbara is a rare example of the high court interpreting the 14th Amendment broadly.
    — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
Definition of high court
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  • The supreme courts of Michigan, Ohio and Oklahoma have all prohibited seizing private property to give it to another private party purely for economic development.
    — Aaron Walayat, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
  • Radio show host and former diplomat Vladimir Villegas says that before holding elections, Venezuela must first replace its highly partisan electoral council and supreme court.
    — John Otis, NPR, 16 July 2026
Definition of supreme court
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  • The new law eliminated the Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court’s position by consolidating the Orleans Parish civil and criminal court clerks into one position.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026
  • Kerry then appeared at London’s Old Bailey criminal court, where he was denied bail and remanded in custody.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of criminal court
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  • Already, SpaceX is facing an inquisition in the court of public opinion.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • The saxophone sounds tangled in lament and inquisition before skronking what sounds like an emergency signal.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
Definition of inquisition
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  • 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
  • Because prosecutors charged him as a civilian defendant rather than through a court-martial, his case falls under the same framework as any federal financial or national security crime.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 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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