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Is its rough justice dispensed by leaps and bounds?
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kangaroo court
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Wiktionary
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n. (context idiomatic English) A judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, or a group which conducts such proceedings, which is without proper authority, abusive, or otherwise unjust.
WordNet
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n. an irregular unauthorized court
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A kangaroo court is a judicial tribunal or assembly that blatantly disregards recognized standards of law or justice, and often carries little or no official standing in the territory within which it resides. The term may also apply to a court held by a ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He leads the reader into assuming that the tribunal is anything other than a kangaroo court . ▪ He was fined recently in kangaroo court and the pitchers offered to pay it.&. ▪ It's grossly unfair for television to single out ...
Usage examples of kangaroo court.
The Washington Post's attacks on Harris's mascara are just a sample of what is to come if Harris fails to obey a dishonest ruling from the Kangaroo Court.
All we're asking is that you see to it that he stays alive long enough to get a fair, open general court-martial, not a kangaroo court and summary execution.
Well, they noticed I hadnt shaved and after a quick trial in the office of the president--a kangaroo court, if you want to know--I suffered the punishment you see.
There were stories that they tortured the demented minds of their victims after the sentence of the kangaroo court.
Now you put me here in the hot seat and rig this kangaroo court to intimidate me.
At least he wouldn't be facing that kangaroo court at the end of this voyage!