English-Greek translations for filibuster

• κουρσάρος
• κωλυσιεργία
  Παρακαλώ μην προκαλείτε κοινοβουλευτική κωλυσιεργία. Please do not indulge in parliamentary filibustering.
  Ενδώσατε σε λίγη κοινοβουλευτική κωλυσιεργία, αλλά ό,τι έγινε έγινε, δεν μπορούμε να κάνουμε τίποτα γι' αυτό τώρα. You have indulged in a little parliamentary filibustering, but what is done is done, there is nothing we can do about it now.
  Είναι αλήθεια ότι η Επιτροπή συνεργάζεται στενά μαζί μας, αλλά προσκρούει και εκείνη συχνά στην αδιαφορία και την κωλυσιεργία των εθνικών υπηρεσιών. It is true that the Committee works closely with us but it often comes up against the indifference and filibustering of national services.
• κωλυσιεργός
• κωλυσιεργώ
• μακρηγορητής
• μακρηγορήτρια
• πειρατής

Definition of filibuster

• A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; ''specifically'', a mercenary who travel#Verb|travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force
• A tactic employ#Verb|employed to delay#Verb|delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate
• A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer
• To take part in a private military action in a foreign country
• To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body

Related words

• filibustiere
• filibustero
• filibustern
• Filibe
• Filiberto
• filibusterismo