Filibusterism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Filibusterism is a noun meaning (US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
Meaning
(US) The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
More Meanings
- The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.
- (dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
Example Sentences
[…] 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.
Conservatism has come to mean, with us, filibusterism, the acquisition of our neighbor's land, the extension of negro slavery, the reopening of the slave trade, and placing under the ban of society every publicist who raises his voice against such conservatism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include freebooting, barratry, buccaneering, spoliation, pirating, brigandage.
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