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

Allies of Mr Johnson who have criticised the committee include former cabinet minister Nadine Dorries, who also described the committee on television as a "kangaroo court".

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

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