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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.
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Origin of show trial First recorded in 1945–50
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How to use show trial in a sentence Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.
As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.
And they might not have to wait that long to show their political heft.
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
Not actual CIA agents, but U.S. government personnel who have worked very closely with the CIA, and who are fans of the show.
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
I shall show how it is possible thus to prolong life to the term set by God.
Not only do children thus of themselves extend the scope of our commands, they show a disposition to make rules for themselves.
He called upon the Order to show their title-deeds, but was met with a contemptuous refusal.
If any one has lost his temper, as well as his money, he takes good care not to show it; to do so here would be indeed bad form.
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British Dictionary definitions for 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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