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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
kangaroo court
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 one player from one game and conduct a kangaroo court there and then.
▪ It was like a kangaroo court, he thought.
▪ The kangaroo court decided the punishment must fit the crime and ruled that he stay in his cell during the jailhouse comedy.
Wiktionary
kangaroo court

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
kangaroo court

n. an irregular unauthorized court

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Kangaroo court

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 legitimate judicial authority who intentionally disregards the court's legal or ethical obligations.

A kangaroo court is often held to give the appearance of a fair and just trial, even though the verdict has in reality already been decided before the trial has begun. This could be because of the biases of the decision-maker, or because the structure and operation of the forum result in an inferior brand of adjudication. A common example of this is when institutional disputants ("repeat players") have excessive and unfair structural advantages over individual disputants ("one-shot players").

Kangaroo Court (song)

"Kangaroo Court" is a song by American indie pop duo Capital Cities. The song was released as a digital download in the United States on June 7, 2013, and serves as the second single from the duo's debut album In a Tidal Wave of Mystery.

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!