kangaroo court

noun

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as in high court

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Recent Examples of kangaroo court 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 The mayor set up a kangaroo court in the station. — David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021 Frank’s arrest and kangaroo court trial occupy much of the musical’s two and a half hours; note is taken in passing of a campaign by a small army of outsiders — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among them — to win Frank’s release. — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023 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
Noun
  • The case dragged on until September 1972, when the Israeli high court denied him citizenship.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Wisconsin’s high court will maintain a liberal majority after Crawford’s win and will likely determine redistricting for the Badger State ahead of midterm elections and the 2028 presidential race.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of high court
Noun
  • High voter engagement Turnout was exceptionally high for a spring election and a judicial race, potentially surpassing 2.4 million voters, far exceeding the 2023 state supreme court race, according to CBS News estimates.
    — Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The voters of Wisconsin cast their vote yesterday in a race for a vacant seat on the state’s supreme court, as ideological control of the court hung in the balance at a critical moment for Wisconsin’s future.
    — The Editors, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of supreme court
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  • Last month, Ruggia was sentenced by the Paris criminal court to a four-year jail term, with two years of home detention.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
  • French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement by a Paris criminal court.
    — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of criminal court
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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
  • 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
Definition of inquisition
Noun
  • Contacted about these military criminal charges and his 2019 court-martial, Nelson downplayed their relevance to his life now.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
  • He later was acquitted of the six counts, including insubordination, but the court-martial prevented him from deploying to fight in Europe with his battalion.
    — Terence Moore, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of court-martial

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