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kangaroo court

noun as in unauthorized court

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The series that followed, tackling disinformation and kangaroo courts and cancel culture and race optics was as good as this show—which has proven itself to be so damn good—can get.

Sharpe was executed after a kangaroo court found him guilty, and his corpse buried in the sand near Montego Bay Harbor.

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Capital Cities, "Kangaroo Court" This song has been around for a few weeks, but this video takes it to a whole new level.

It works and he gets the attention of a pretty poodle, but things quickly go awry, leading them all to a literal kangaroo court.

I felt as if I were in a literary version of kangaroo court.

The sacking of Gotham is depicted largely in the form of a burlesque kangaroo court straight out of Terry Gilliam.

The next day I, with the other late arrivals, was initiated as a member of the "Kangaroo Court."

The most interesting of these impromptu clubs is the one called in the vernacular the "Kangaroo Court."

I would say he is a Batista, and right away they would grab him, give him a kangaroo court and shoot him.

After a while these games become tiresome, and the "Kangaroo Court" is formed.

Uncle Ben hitched his chair, and with much chuckling, recalled the "kangaroo court" the cowboys used to hold at night in camp.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to kangaroo court, such as: impromptu court, and mock court.

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