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show trial
noun
A trial held for appearance's sake, but for which the verdict is predetermined; especially when the verdict is "guilty", and the purpose of the trial is to make an example of the accused.
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"This is a show trial".
Show trial," she says.
The result is not a show trial.
After a show trial, they were beheaded.
Were they looking for a show trial?
It was a show trial, a warning to others.
Ben Yagoda recounts the literary show trial that followed.
But that doesn't make it a show trial.
In 1958 a show trial took place in communist Hungary.
"This is really turning in to a show trial.
Why had he agreed to this ludicrous show trial?
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