borking

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bɔːkiŋ/

Noun

US derogatory intransitive often transitive

(transitive, intransitive, US, politics, often derogatory) The act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.

Japanese Meaning

政治の分野で、候補者や被指名者に対し、その人物の性格、経歴、信念などを徹底的に攻撃することにより、彼らの任命、選出、司法指名などを阻止する行為

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Many senators feared that the judge's nomination would fall victim to borking during the confirmation hearings.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

多くの上院議員は、その判事の指名が公聴会での組織的な中傷キャンペーンによって潰されることを恐れていた。

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Above all it discusses the best tactics to defeat a borking. Having been in the [Ronald] Reagan White House when Robert Bork was borked, I knew something about the subject, which was a huge help when the same borking guns were turned on my friend Judge [D. Brooks] Smith years later.

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borkings

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