(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
(v. i.) To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.
Example Sentences:
(1) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
(2) The immunity was enacted by an overwhelming bipartisan vote, with the support of leading Democrats including Barack Obama, who had promised - when seeking his party's nomination - to filibuster any bill that contained retroactive telecom immunity.
(3) Republicans are pushing their plan under rules that prevent a filibuster, so long as all the bill’s provisions pertain to government spending.
(4) McConnell argues that Wednesday’s speech was not technically a filibuster since Paul was unable to stop him taking back control of the floor under Senate rules when the next session resumed on Thursday.
(5) If passed, the TPA would give Congress the ability to review and vote for or against a final trade agreement, but it wouldn’t be able to amend it or filibuster it.
(6) Their filibustering brought 13 years of time, four spent arguing over where they should stand trial.
(7) The Texan first-term senator also revealed that he had swapped his usual ostrich-skin "argument boots" for a pair of black tennis shoes after taking advice from Rand Paul, who staged a shorter filibuster last year against US drone strikes.
(8) In 2011 the Texan senator stymied Republican legislative plans by filibustering for more than an hour, forcing the Texas governor and former presidential hopeful Rick Perry to call a special session to keep his party's austerity finance bill in play.
(9) Democrats are now trying to reach 41 votes, enough to block the disapproval vote in the Senate by filibuster, and spare Obama from having to spend political capital on a veto.
(10) The aim of the filibuster was to prevent the bill, by Republican senator Glen Hegar, reaching Perry.
(11) Showing signs of continuing well into the night, Cruz's pseudo-filibuster deployed the colourful rhetoric that have made him a 2016 presidential favourite among Tea Party conservatives.
(12) Instead, the big question going forward is: now that a precedent for simple-majority votes to change filibuster rules has been set, how far will it go?
(13) The bill became a keystone in the nationwide reproductive rights battle after Texas state senator Wendy Davis endured a marathon filibuster to block the passage of the bill in the first special session.
(14) But Republicans in that chamber will need to peel off eight Democratic or independent votes for the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster.
(15) "I want to make sure everyone understands: There is no filibuster today," declared Reid at the outset of Tuesday's session.
(16) In all, Davis spoke for 10 hours and 45 minutes in an attempt to filibuster the bill.
(17) Paul, a Kentucky senator and son of libertarian hero and former presidential hopeful Ron Paul, said he was making the filibuster attempt out of outrage at recent comments made by Obama officials on the possible legality of carrying out drone strikes against US citizens on American soil.
(18) During her epic address, Davis was equipped with the trainers, a back brace and according to recent reports, a catheter , to help her persevere with her filibuster until the legislative session was eventually timed out and the bill, which would effectively close dozens of Texas abortion clinics, was significantly delayed.
(19) Several Republicans have threatened to filibuster gun reform measures in the Senate.
(20) A lot of liberals argue that today: “Well, McConnell's probably going to get rid of the filibuster anyway the next chance he gets, so the Democrats might as well do it now while they're in power.” Today's rules change, though, will give McConnell more cover to those more serious, additional limitations to the filibuster, if he ever gets the chance.
Pirate
Definition:
(n.) A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor.
(n.) An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas.
(n.) One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission.
(v. i.) To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas.
(v. t.) To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author.
Example Sentences:
(1) Chew on this during the change: TBS notes that the Pirates are 69-17 when they score four or more runs....gulp.
(2) The Pirate Bay is one of the world's longest-running and biggest filesharing sites.
(3) Although unlicensed in the UK, because it uses satellites operated from Luxembourg, not unlike pirate radio, it is allowed to start unchallenged.
(4) Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you’ll marry a music man Ballerina, you must have seen her, dancing in the sand And now she’s in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand For a moment it seemed possible that the person about to get out of the plane was a man of subtle taste and kindness, a man who could appreciate such beauty, who was secure enough in himself to set his arrival in Sacramento to the soundtrack of a 45-year-old song by a gay troubadour.
(5) "They had taken some Iranian and Pakistani hostages so we had to separate them from the pirate suspects," said Lieutenant Commander Claus Krum, a veteran of five piracy missions.
(6) The Edinburgh-born actor Lindsay Duncan, 58, who played Baroness Thatcher in a recent BBC TV film, was appointed a CBE, as was Welsh-born Jonathan Pryce, 62, who has recently appeared in the Pirates Of The Caribbean films.
(7) 10.35pm BST Cardinals 2 - Pirates 1, top of the 9th Freese grounds out to Pedro Alvarez at third, who makes quick work of it to get it to third before Freese reaches.
(8) Although it's not nearly as surprising as the Pittsburgh Pirates fighting toward the playoffs after 20 years of losing seasons , or the Kansas City Royals playing meaningful, September baseball for the first time in over a decade , but since stealing manager John Farrell away from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Red Sox have established themselves as the best team in the American League despite preseason predictions dooming them to repeat as the worst.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.40am BST Pirates 5 - Reds 1, top of 7th On a 2-2 count, the crowd are up looking for Liriano's sixth strikeout of the night - they don't get it, but they do get ground ball out number 13 on a roller to third base which then heads over to first and retires the side.
(10) Mr Justice Arnold said in a written judgment: "In my judgment, the operators of [The Pirate Bay] do authorise its users' infringing acts of copying and communication to the public.
(11) When still a teenager O'Dwyer set up a website, TVShack, which posted links to pirated material.
(12) According to sources, the international coalition that has been spearheading the fight against the pirates drew up contingency plans in the summer of 2010, and again last year, for what was termed "over the beach" air strikes against Somali camps.
(13) When the Pirates (2-1) beat the St Louis Cardinals (1-2) in game three of the National League Divisional Series on Sunday afternoon, they positioned themselves to finally make a return visit to the NLCS.
(14) That ship has already sailed, carrying more than just pirates.
(15) It is being billed as a reunion for the team behind the multi-billion dollar Pirates of the Caribbean film series – star Johnny Depp , producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski.
(16) The decision follows prolonged behind-the-scenes lobbying by the music and film industries to get Google to demote the search position of sites which they say infringe their copyrights, such as the Pirate Bay.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 10.11pm BST Cardinals 2 - Pirates 0, top of the 8th Justin Wilson strikes out Matt Adams and now here's when things really starting to get interesting as Wacha is six outs away from a postseason no-hitter.
(18) "He is a pirate king of the Sahara," Jon Marks, a specialist in the region at the Chatham House thinktank, said after the gas plant attack.
(19) Another man in a pirate hat covered in voodoo dolls approached the screen, placing a live rooster on the stage as if offering it to the football gods.
(20) For assassination attempts, oil spills, pirates and a hellish inferno outside Waco, Texas – read on.