Kangaroo Court (Noun)
Meaning
An irregular unauthorized court.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The activists accused the government of setting up a kangaroo court to silence the opposition.
- The company's internal investigation was criticized as a kangaroo court for not following due process.
- In some countries, a kangaroo court is set up to try alleged terrorists without providing them with a fair trial.
- The judge was accused of turning the courtroom into a kangaroo court by denying the defendant the right to a fair trial.
- Critics argued that the tribunal was a kangaroo court, designed to convict the accused without a fair hearing.