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Synonyms for kangaroo court
| Grammar : Noun |
Définition of kangaroo court
- noun unauthorized court
- After a while these games become tiresome, and the "Kangaroo Court" is formed.
- Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
- Immediately I was terrified with thought of the kangaroo court.
- Extract from : « The Iron Puddler » by James J. Davis
- Uncle Ben hitched his chair, and with much chuckling, recalled the "kangaroo court" the cowboys used to hold at night in camp.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. » by Work Projects Administration
- The next day I, with the other late arrivals, was initiated as a member of the "Kangaroo Court."
- Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
- The most interesting of these impromptu clubs is the one called in the vernacular the "Kangaroo Court."
- Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
- I would say he is a Batista, and right away they would grab him, give him a kangaroo court and shoot him.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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- United States Supreme Court
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