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

Over the weekend, the committee said his "kangaroo court" comments had impugned the integrity of Parliament.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 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

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)