单词 | show trial |
释义 | show trial From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Lawshow trialˈshow ˌtrial noun [countable]SCTan unfair trial that is organized by a government for political reasons, not in order to find out whether someone is guilty Stalin staged a series of show trials.Examples from the Corpusshow trial• In 1989 he confessed at a show trial to trafficking in gold and ivory, and was shot.• The Party, you see, wanted a show trial.• After a brief show trial they were put in solitary confinement in appalling conditions until March this year. |
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