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

“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

Seems to me he did say—back there in the saloon, when he was holdin' kangaroo court.

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