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fil·i·bus·ter

(fĭl′ə-bŭs′tər)
n.
1.
a. The obstructing or delaying of legislative action, especially by prolonged speechmaking.
b. An instance of this, especially a prolonged speech.
2. An adventurer who engages in a private military action in a foreign country.
v. fil·i·bus·tered, fil·i·bus·ter·ing, fil·i·bus·ters
v.intr.
1. To obstruct or delay legislative action, especially by making prolonged speeches.
2. To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
v.tr.
To use a filibuster against (a legislative measure, for example).
[From Spanish filibustero, freebooter, from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter, pirate; see freebooter.]
fil′i·bus′ter·er n.
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Translations

filibustering

[ˈfɪlɪˌbʌstərɪŋ] N (Pol) → maniobras fpl obstruccionistas, filibusterismo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

filibustering

n (esp US) → Verschleppungstaktik f, → Obstruktionismus m
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And here was the prize--this pearl as large as a filbert--with a pale pink tinge like a lady's fingernail--this spoil of a filibustering age--this gift from a European emperor to a South Sea chief.
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A filibustering senator had to remain for the most part at his desk and on his feet.
Sedentary senate
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The conventional option
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After a respite, Republicans have predictably returned to their blockading ways, filibustering Obama nominees for the nation's highest courts.
Past time to fix filibuster
In 2012, Tories and SNP MPs used filibustering to block a Daylight Savings Bill to put the UK on Central European Time.
DELAYING TACTIC STANDS TEST OF TIME

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