FILIBUSTERING
Verb
filibustering
present participle of filibuster
Source: Wiktionary
FILIBUSTER
Fil"i*bus`ter, n. Etym: [Sp. flibuster, flibustero, corrupted fr. E.
freebooter. See Freebooter.]
Definition: A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of
plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting
the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to
designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851,
and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition