justice vs sham

justice

noun
  • Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another. 

  • Correctness, conforming to reality or rules. 

  • A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name. 

  • The state or characteristic of being just or fair. 

  • The civil power dealing with law. 

  • The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing. 

sham

adj
  • mock 

  • Intended to deceive; false. 

  • counterfeit; unreal 

  • See also Thesaurus:fake 

noun
  • A decorative cover for a pillow. 

  • A false front, or removable ornamental covering. 

  • Trickery, hoaxing. 

  • A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine. 

  • Champagne. 

verb
  • To obtrude by fraud or imposition. 

  • To deceive, cheat, lie. 

  • To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. 

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