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.
He attacked the committee, which has a Conservative majority, calling it a “kangaroo court” bent on destroying him.
From Seattle Times
Law enforcement did not specify whether the kangaroo’s injuries were caused by a car or by other means.
From Washington Times
The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, more closely related to chipmunks and gophers than kangaroos or rats, had not been spotted in the area since the 1940s.
From Los Angeles Times
They and several other legislators called the ethics probe into Johnson a “kangaroo court,” a “witch hunt” and a miscarriage of justice – echoing language used by the embattled former prime minister.
From Seattle Times
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