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A trial held for appearance's sake, but whose verdict is predetermined, especially a "guilty" verdict with the purpose of making an example of the accused.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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a trial held for show; the guilt of the accused person has been decided in advance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: trial
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Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
محاكمة شكلية
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Chinese Mandarin:
擺樣子公審 /摆样子公审
(bǎiyàngzi gōngshěn)
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Chinese Mandarin:
作秀公審 /作秀公审
(zuòxiù gōngshěn)
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Danish:
skueproces
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Dutch:
showproces
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Esperanto:
parodia proceso
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Finnish:
näytösoikeudenkäynti
— trial held for appearance's sake
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French:
parodie de procès
— trial held for appearance's sake
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German:
Schauprozess
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Greek:
δίκη-παρωδία
(díki-parodía)
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Hebrew:
משפט ראווה
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Hungarian:
koncepciós per
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Hungarian:
kirakatper
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Icelandic:
sýndarréttarhöld
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Italian:
processo farsa
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Korean:
보여주기 재판
(boyeojugi jaepan)
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Polish:
proces pokazowy
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Portuguese:
julgamento encenado
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Russian:
показа́тельный суд
(pokazátelʹnyj sud)
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Russian:
показа́тельный суде́бный проце́сс
(pokazátelʹnyj sudébnyj procéss)
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Russian:
суди́лище
(sudílišče)
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Spanish:
farsa judicial
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Swedish:
skenrättegång
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Swedish:
skenprocess
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Swedish:
skådeprocess
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Turkish:
göstermelik duruşma
— trial held for appearance's sake
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Ukrainian:
показо́вий проце́с
(pokazóvyj procés)
— trial held for appearance's sake
