Sentence examples for show trial from inspiring English sources

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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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