kangaroo
Example Sentences
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It didn’t help that her husband—who’d known Hoxha when the two men were students together in Paris—was found guilty by a kangaroo court of plotting to overthrow the government.
Put another way, even those who are hauled before a kangaroo court are sometimes guilty as charged.
From Washington Post
But Ms. Belgam painted a picture of the park as a vital ecosystem, home to thriving bighorn sheep; kangaroo rats, which can survive without drinking water; and pupfish, endemic to saline waterways.
From New York Times
He’s basically the size of Australia’s largest marsupial, thus the nickname: kangaroo spots.
From Washington Post
Animal conservationists have described the moment a rare tree kangaroo was seen emerging from its mother's pouch as "celebratory".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
