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单词 kangaroo court
释义 kangaroo court
noun
1. : a mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted:
 a. : one held by vagabonds or by prisoners in a jail or prison camp
  < kangaroo courts … are vicious organizations controlled by the most perverted and brutal prisoners — J.V.B.Bennett >
  < non-Communist prisoners sentenced to death by Red kangaroo courtsArmy-Navy-Air Force Journal >
 b. : one involving comic procedures and ludicrous penalties designed for the amusement of the participants and spectators
  < kangaroo courts — to which anyone not in Western garb can be hauled and find — Helen Gould >
2. : a court or a similar body (as a legislative investigating committee) characterized by irresponsible, unauthorized, or irregular status or procedures
 < in Czechoslovakia … kangaroo courts have been handing down stiff sentences for “labor sabotage” — C.L.Sulzberger >
 < two committee jobs which put him … in the position of conducting his own kangaroo courtAtlantic >
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