Filibusterism

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  • n. Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
  • n. The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
  • n. The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The characteristics or practices of a filibuster.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The practice of filibustering.
  • n. Bucaneering; freebooting.
  • n. Legislative obstruction.
    • Word Usage
    "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."
    Verb Stem
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