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show trial
noun
- (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
show trial
noun
- a trial conducted primarily to make a particular impression on the public or on other nations, esp one that demonstrates the power of the state over the individual
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Word History and Origins
Origin of show trial1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
The great thing about a show trial is that you pick your witnesses and questions.
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The Orange Revolution heroine gets seven years and a $180 million fine in state show trial.
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Oatis was then snatched away, subjected to a show trial, and jailed.
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The purge may hesitate at putting John McCain on show trial.
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There is a special show trial awaiting Lindsay Graham of South Carolina and Phil Gramm of UBS.
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