show trial Sentence Examples
- The infamous show trial of the Nazi hierarchy at Nuremberg exposed the horrors of the Holocaust.
- The Soviet show trial of the dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov attempted to silence his criticism of the regime.
- The Chinese government conducted a series of show trials during the Cultural Revolution to purge its political opponents.
- The trial of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge under the United Nations was a show trial aimed at holding the perpetrators accountable.
- The show trial of the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević at the Hague Tribunal was widely criticized for its political motivations.
- The show trial of the American communists during the McCarthy era sent a chilling message to political dissenters.
- The show trial of the Italian playwright Dario Fo by the fascist regime in the 1930s sought to suppress his satirical works.
- The show trial of the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was widely condemned as a politically motivated attempt to remove her from office.
- The show trial of the Turkish journalist Can Dündar in 2016 drew international attention to the suppression of freedom of speech in Turkey.
- The show trial of the Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in 2021 was a thinly veiled attempt to silence his political activism.
show trial Meaning
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show trial (n)
a trial held for show; the guilt of the accused person has been decided in advance
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a trial held for show; the guilt of the accused person has been decided in advance
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The infamous show trial of the Nazi hierarchy at Nuremberg exposed the horrors of the Holocaust.
The Soviet show trial of the dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov attempted to silence his criticism of the regime.
The Chinese government conducted a series of show trials during the Cultural Revolution to purge its political opponents.
The trial of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge under the United Nations was a show trial aimed at holding the perpetrators accountable.
