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KANGAROO COURT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kangaroo court mean?
• KANGAROO COURT (noun)
The noun KANGAROO COURT has 1 sense:
1. an irregular unauthorized court
Familiarity information: KANGAROO COURT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An irregular unauthorized court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("kangaroo court" is a kind of...):
court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)
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