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filibusterism

noun

Etymology

From filibuster + -ism.

  1. derived from vrijbuiter
  2. derived from flibustier
  3. borrowed from filibustero
  4. suffixed as filibusterism — “filibuster + ism”

Definitions

  1. Piracy, freebooting

    Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.

  2. The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.

    • […] Doc furtively kicked him in the side of the leg, to remind him that the main reason they were there was to hush up even the faintest suspicions that filibusterism was flaring up again in Central America.

  3. The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA