Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of filibustering.
- noun Bucaneering; freebooting.
- noun Legislative obstruction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The characteristics or practices of a filibuster.
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- noun dated
Piracy ,freebooting ; the waging of unauthorised war. - noun US The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
- noun The practice of
delaying legislation byfilibuster or otherobstructive tactics.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The other is, that while she may indulge with impunity the spirit of filibusterism, or lawless and violent adventure, upon
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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It has relieved those Republics from the fear of filibusterism which had been formerly incited against Central America and Mexico in the interest of slave extension, and it has produced an impression of the stability of our institutions and of our public strength sufficient to dissipate the fears of our friends or the hopes of those who wish us ill.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant 1878
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American states bordering on Nicaragua being in sore dread of their ambitious neighbor, while the agents of the Vanderbilt Company worked industriously to stir up a revolt against this soaring eagle of filibusterism.
Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III Charles Morris 1877
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The next event in this fantastic drama of filibusterism was a war with the neighboring republic of Costa Rica.
Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III Charles Morris 1877
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In the other case, newspapers and books seem generally ignored, and noisy discussions of village and State politics, the tobacco and cotton-crops, filibusterism in Cuba, Nicaragua,
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The patriot and statesman Hume endeavoured to procure an inquiry into these acts of Oriental _filibusterism_; but the underhand influence of an unprincipled Administration, backed by an interested commercial clamour, was too strong for him; and the shameful usurpation has been justified.
Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850
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The enemies of the Union started forth on every side -- Abolitionism here; secessionism there; acquisition and filibusterism elsewhere.
Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors William Gannaway Brownlow 1841
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