filibuster
/fillibust r/ • noun prolonged speaking which obstructs progress in a legislative assembly. • verb obstruct legislation with a filibuster. — ORIGIN French flibustier, first applied to pirates who pillaged the Spanish colonies in the West Indies, influenced by Spanish filibustero; ultimately from Dutch vrijbuiter ‘freebooter’.
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