Stonewalling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A refusal to answer or to cooperate.
  2. 2
    stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stonewall form-of, gerund, participle, present

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stall

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"The trial lawyers couldn't get past the Mafia leader's stonewalling tactics."

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