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What is a kangaroo court?

What is a kangaroo court? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, or a group which conducts such proceedings, which is without proper authority, abusive, or otherwise unjust.
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You might have heard us mentioning on the air that the Cubs held kangaroo court last week.
Instead, they're saying that after a year of hardship, I've now got to go before a kangaroo court.
Think about someone convicted by a kangaroo court with faceless judges moving to the UK to escape further persecution.
This session will offer you the unique opportunity to be a judge, jury and prosecutor in this kangaroo court.
If this seems like a kangaroo court in which the kangaroos all run in circles, you are not alone.
Even the most properly constituted court is only a kangaroo court without a lawyer.

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