kangaroo court

Etymology
From. The etymology is ; it has been suggested that the term draws a comparison between the leaping of a kangaroo and one of the following:


 * The 19th-century practice of itinerant judges moving from place to place on the and trying cases speedily and perfunctorily in order to get paid.
 * The use of irregular courts during the (1848–1855) to decide claims of “jumping” (illegally occupying) mining claims.
 * The notion that a kangaroo court jumps to conclusions.

Noun

 * 1)  A judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, or a group of people which conducts such proceedings, which is without proper authority, and often acts abusively or decides unjustly.

Translations

 * Arabic: محكمة الكنغر
 * Catalan: tribunal cangur
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 袋鼠法庭, 私設公堂
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: konstruigita proceso
 * Finnish:, pikatuomioistuin,
 * French: tribunal fantoche, tribunal illégal, tribunal improvisé, tribunal irrégulier, tribunal populaire
 * German: Pseudogericht, Schaugericht, Scheingericht
 * Indonesian: pengadilan kanguru
 * Irish: cúirt bhradach
 * Italian: tribunale illegale
 * Japanese: 吊し上げ
 * Korean: 캥거루 재판
 * Macedonian: неза́конски суд
 * Persian: دادگاه پوشالی
 * Polish:, sąd kapturowy
 * Portuguese:, tribunal arbitrário
 * Russian: суд кенгуру́, паро́дия на суд, шемя́кин суд
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: klokanski sȗd, kvazisȗd
 * Swedish: skenprocess
 * Thai:, ศาลเถื่อน
 * Vietnamese: phiên tòa chuột túi
 * Welsh: llys cangarŵ