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Fillibustered

Filibuster \Fil"i*bus*ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]

  1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
    --Bartlett.

  2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.]
    --Bartlett.