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Cause Célèbre

West's Encyclopedia of American Law | 2005 | Copyright

CAUSE CÉLÈBRE

[French, famous case.] A trial or lawsuit in which the subject matter or a participant is particularly newsworthy, unusual, or sensational and that typically attracts a great deal of media attention. For example, the case of Scott Peterson, accused of the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, was a cause célèbre in 2003.

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cause célèbre

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cause cé·lè·bre / ˈkôz səˈleb(rə); ˈkōz/ • n. (pl. causes cé·lè·bres pronunc. same) a controversial issue that attracts a great deal of public attention.

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cause célèbre

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

cause célèbre •airer, bearer, carer, Clara, darer, declarer, Demerara, Éire, habanera, Halmahera, parer, Perak, primavera, repairer, Rivera, Riviera, Sarah, scarer, sharer, snarer, sparer, squarer, starer, swearer, tearer, wearer •cause célèbre • torch-bearer •swordbearer • pallbearer • wayfarer •seafarer • capoeira • Phaedra •sacra, simulacra •Libra, vers libre •ex cathedra •chypre, Ypres •palaestra (US palestra) • urethra •joie de vivre •mirror, sirrah •Coimbra • Middlesbrough • Indra •Sintra •aspidistra, sistra •algebra • orchestra • vertebra •Beira, Fujairah, Hegira, Lyra, Myra, naira, palmyra, spirogyra •Hydra • Lycra •begorra, Gomorrah, horror •double entendre • genre • amour propre • Le Nôtre • contra •Cosa Nostra, rostra

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