ˌkangaroo ˈcourt noun [countable]
an unofficial court that punishes people unfairly

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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.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

kangaroo court
an illegal court formed by a group of people to settle a dispute among themselves
The men were convicted by a kangaroo court in the town and nobody agreed with the decision.

The military court in the small country was like a kangaroo court that permitted the military to do whatever they wanted.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

kangaroo court
n. A self-appointed group that decides what to do to someone who is supposed to have done wrong.
The Chicago mob held a kangaroo court and shot the gangster who competed with Al Capone.

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