HardWordplay
"Kings hold me, criminals stand trial in me, and tennis players serve in me. What am I?"
Answer
A Court
Explanation
A royal court surrounds a monarch, a court of law tries the accused, and a tennis court is where players serve. Three meanings of one word layered into one riddle.
This is a hard riddle in the Wordplay category — Riddles that play with language, puns, and double meanings.
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