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
Jerrik-Danish
Nomiki-Greek
Stefanoste-FAH-noItalian
Joie[dʒɔi]
Malati-Indian, Hindi
Srinivas-Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil