kangaroo court
nounDefinition of kangaroo court
1
: a mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted
2
: a court characterized by irresponsible, unauthorized, or irregular status or procedures
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Having experienced the culture of baseball’s kangaroo court, a former Tampa Bay Rays prospect is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court as a clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas. — Los Angeles Times, "MLB notes: Yankees’ Luke Voit takes a fastball to the chin," 20 July 2019 Next week’s hearing, as currently contemplated, will be a kangaroo court, because the Republicans have done everything in their power to prevent the consideration of any outside evidence, whether corroborating or exculpatory. — Adam Shaw, Fox News, "Tentative agreement reached for Kavanaugh-Ford hearing on Thursday, source says," 2 Oct. 2018 More headlines â–ºMeet Louisville basketball's three new assistant coaches â–ºFrom a kangaroo court to Louisville, Tyra takes command â–ºGraduate transfer big board: Who's on Louisville's radar? — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville will pay Xavier $2.9M to buy out Chris Mack's contract - plus cover his tax bill," 13 Apr. 2018 Eventually, Tyra graduated from kangaroo court sergeant and minigame connoisseur to the business world. — Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, "From a kangaroo court to Louisville athletics, Vince Tyra has always taken command," 27 Mar. 2018 The Red Goose apparently didn't fly often enough or with enough gusto to protect Williams from his propensity for writing bad checks to local eating establishments, whose complaints compounded his problems with the fraternity's kangaroo court. — Greg Garrison, AL.com, "Southern playwright Tennessee Williams majored in journalism at Mizzou," 26 Mar. 2018 The kangaroo court fees would have been off the charts. — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, "Kerry Wood and ‘the greatest game ever pitched’: The oral history of May 6, 1998 at Wrigley Field," 1 May 2018 Failure to participate would result in a $500 fine from the club’s kangaroo court, over which, of course, Beltrán presided. — Ben Reiter, SI.com, "Why Carlos Beltrán Was the Perfect Addition to Aid the Astros' Journey to the World Series," 9 July 2018 Wochit The 1988 University of Kentucky baseball team had a kangaroo court. — Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, "From a kangaroo court to Louisville athletics, Vince Tyra has always taken command," 27 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kangaroo court.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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