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Filibuster

noun

A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes. Synonym: filibusterer.

(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches.

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"Filibuster" Quotes from Famous Books

... never venture to show himself upon the open sea at all. The mouth of the Scheldt, and the dangerous shallows off the coast of Newport and Dunkirk, swarmed with their determined and well-seasoned craft, from the flybooter or filibuster of the rivers, to the larger armed vessels, built to confront every danger, and ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... and to light innumerable camp-fires. These troops frequently came in contact with the Neapolitans in trifling skirmishes, and kept their attention so well occupied that General Colonna, in command of the force sent in search of the 'Filibuster,' did not doubt that the whole Garibaldian army was concentrated over Monreale. Garibaldi rapidly moved his own column by night to its new base of operations. The ground was steep and difficult, and a storm ...

— The Liberation of Italy • Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

... antique themes, 'Aggripina' and 'The Death of Themistocles'; with an Anglo-Saxon theme of the tenth century, 'Elfride', and with a medieval romantic theme, 'The Countess of Flanders'. Then we find two subjects that were suggested by the reading of modern travels, 'The Ship' and 'The Filibuster'. In one the scene was to be laid on some distant coast or island, and the plot was to illustrate sea-life and commerce, with their characteristic types. In the other the whole action was to take place on shipboard, bringing ...

— The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller • Calvin Thomas

... Oh, I don't know. I want—I wish Jock Seton—the filibuster I met in San Francisco—I wish he were here. Mouse, maybe I can make a filibuster of you. I've got to create something. Oh, those people! If you just knew them! That fool Mary Stettinius is mad about that Tchatzsky person, and her husband invites him to teas. ...

— Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man • Sinclair Lewis

Words linked to "Filibuster" : legislation, delay, lawmaking, embarrass, hinder, delayer, holdup, block, legislating, stymy, law, jurisprudence, obstruct, stymie, legislator, blockade