kangaroo court

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Recent Examples of kangaroo court Bunker said the ordeal felt like a kangaroo court and that the committee had made up their minds before the hearing even began. Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023 Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a parliamentary committee investigating him a kangaroo court. Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 June 2023 The mayor set up a kangaroo court in the station. David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021 Frank’s arrest and kangaroo court trial occupy much of the musical’s two and a half hours; note is taken in passing of a campaign by a small army of outsiders — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among them — to win Frank’s release. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for kangaroo court 
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Noun
  • The high court on Tuesday issued a ruling upholding Ford's execution.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The high court in recent years has reined in prosecutors’ discretion in corruption actions against public officials, and one of those decisions in our own 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upended the legal interpretation prosecutors relied on extensively in the ComEd Four trial.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Two lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country's supreme court, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, in an attempt to cancel the company's concession to operate the two ports, which are located at both ends of the canal.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Brazil Reuters — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the country’s supreme court of persecuting him on Saturday after his appeal against a travel ban was rejected.
    Reuters, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • He is expected to appear in criminal court on Wednesday.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Of the accused, only Shipps has been convicted in criminal court.
    Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • Movies At Telluride, ‘Conclave’ pleases, even if other Oscar hopefuls aren’t ready for prime time Sept. 1, 2024 Early on, Callas parried these inquisitions with humor.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Lost during last week’s inquisition into the Hail Mary and botched fullback dive was a careful examination of more macro issues the Bears are dealing with.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, desertions and courts-martial were rare, even after years of stalemate.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Judge Finds Sailor Not Guilty in Fire That Destroyed $1.2 Billion Navy Ship Mays was found not guilty at his court-martial in 2022, and ProPublica sued that year over the Navy’s refusal to release any court documents associated with his case.
    Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2025

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