Filibusterism
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The practice of filibustering.
noun.
Bucaneering; freebooting.
noun.
Legislative obstruction.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The characteristics or practices of a filibuster.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Piracy
,
freebooting
; the waging of unauthorised war.
noun.
The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
noun.
The practice of
delaying
legislation
by
filibuster
or other
obstructive
tactics.
Word Usage
"The other is, that while she may indulge with impunity the spirit of filibusterism, or lawless and violent adventure, upon"
verb-stem
filibuster