filibuster
41Filibuster — A term derived from Dutch ( vrijbuiter ) and Spanish ( filibustero ) expressions for “free booty.” It was commonly applied during the nineteenth century to the activities of American entrepreneur adventurers who undertook small scale military… …
42filibuster — n. 1. Pirate, freebooter, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover. 2. [Recent.] Lawless adventurer …
43filibuster — n 1.U.S. (all in reference to legislation) obstruction, hindrance, impediment, prevention, postponement, delay; (all in reference to formal discourse, to accomplish the preceding) exhortation, declamation, harangue, spiel, tirade, bombast;… …
44filibuster — fil·i·bus·ter …
45filibuster — fil•i•bus•ter [[t]ˈfɪl əˌbʌs tər[/t]] n. 1) gov a) the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure b) an exceptionally long speech or other tactic used for this purpose c)… …
46filibuster — /ˈfɪləbʌstə / (say filuhbustuh) noun 1. the use of obstructive tactics, such as making prolonged speeches or using irrelevant material, in order to delay legislative action. 2. an instance of the use of such tactics. 3. an irregular military… …
47filibuster — n. irregular soldier; freebooter; American, making of interminable obstructive speech; such speech or speaker; v.i. make such speech …
48filibuster — s ( n, filibustrar) POLIT förhalningsmetod genom att hålla långt tal för att stoppa lagförslag …
49Filibuster — 1Fi|li|bụs|ter vgl. Flibustier 2Fi|li|bus|ter [... bastɐ], der; [s], <amerikanisch> (endloses Reden im amerikanischen Senat zur Verhinderung einer Beschlussfassung) …
50filibuster — n. The act of talking in parliament so as to delay or prevent the passing of a bill. Also v …
