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

Compensation for sub-postmasters is not being decided by a "kangaroo court", the body overseeing the payouts has said, pushing back against allegations made by Sir Alan Bates.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

Yegiazaryan was convicted of criminal fraud in absentia in Moscow in 2018 in the mall dispute and sentenced to seven years in a penal colony — a proceeding he characterizes as a kangaroo court.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

Put another way, even those who are hauled before a kangaroo court are sometimes guilty as charged.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

The Red Front, changin' hands that way, complicates the case to an extent that we'll have to try it out all legal an' regular pro bono publico, kangaroo court.

From Prairie Flowers by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)