kangaroo court
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It didn’t help that her husband—who’d known Hoxha when the two men were students together in Paris—was found guilty by a kangaroo court of plotting to overthrow the government.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
He described the committee as a "kangaroo court" whose purpose "has been to find me guilty, regardless of the facts".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2023
“Students of American history will now be able to read the last chapter and see that what was done to Oppenheimer in that kangaroo court proceeding was not the last word.”
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022
At the other end of that table, Trey Mancini bent over a piece of paper with a pen in his hand, sheepishly self-reporting to the team’s kangaroo court.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022
Uncle Ben hitched his chair, and with much chuckling, recalled the "kangaroo court" the cowboys used to hold at night in camp.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
