Usually means: Famous case arousing public interest.
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  1. cause celebre: Merriam-Webster
  2. cause celebre: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cause celebre: Vocabulary.com
  4. cause celebre: Wiktionary
  5. cause celebre: Dictionary.com
  6. cause celebre: Rhymezone
  7. cause celebre: FreeDictionary.org
  8. cause celebre: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. cause celebre: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. cause celebre: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. cause celebre: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cause celebre)

noun:  (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of cause célèbre. [(chiefly UK) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.]

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