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
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
The committee said his calling the committee a "kangaroo court" in his resignation statement had "impugned the integrity" of Parliament.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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
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
