a kangaroo court



a kangaroo court

a court of law which is not official and which judges someone in an unfair way A kangaroo court was set up by the strikers to deal with people who had refused to stop working.
See also: court, kangaroo

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Thurman['θə:mən]
Italo-Italian
HeatherHE-dhərEnglish
Lefteris-Greek
Melanija-Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, Latvian, Lithuanian
Tsubasatsoo-bah-sahJapanese