Hansardize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To confront a Member of Parliament with his former opinions as recorded in his speeches in Hansard. Commonwealth, UK, dated
Etymology
From Hansard + -ize. The term was popularised and possibly coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. According to Sydney D. Bailey, the term had fallen out of use by the 1950s.
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