Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law.
- noun a person having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties
- adjective having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law
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Examples
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Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, one of the leading civil-libertarian institutions to have fought Guantanamo for seven years, just put out this statement:
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Boy, Matt, you sure know how to put up my civil-libertarian hackles.
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If a civil-libertarian Pinochet figure is possible, might a libertarian, in good conscience, be able to endorse that?
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Also, an update on something we reported earlier: a money bomb fund-raiser to jumpstart a new civil-libertarian, anti-war political action committee yielded $150,000 on Friday – likely a disappointment to the organizers, who had hoped to take in $1 million.
The Early Word: Examining the Edwards Delay - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Also, an update on something we reported earlier: a money bomb fund-raiser to jumpstart a new civil-libertarian, anti-war political action committee yielded $150,000 on Friday – likely a disappointment to the organizers, who had hoped to take in $1 million.
The Early Word: Examining the Edwards Delay - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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A neat trick in a series infused with roughly the same lofty sermonizing attitudes as the ones the writers have assigned to the characters of all those designed-to-be-ludicrous civil-libertarian mouthpieces trying to get murderers off.
The Perps Keep Coming Dorothy Rabinowitz 2010
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As for myself, I'm a fiscally conservative, civil-libertarian progressive who's going to go to the polls and hold his nose while voting against McCain.
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The HIAA has been lulled into the classic civil-libertarian response that doing so would be an invasion of privacy.
Shooting Star Fredrick McKissack Jr. 2009
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The HIAA has been lulled into the classic civil-libertarian response that doing so would be an invasion of privacy.
Shooting Star Fredrick McKissack Jr. 2009
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You've apparently missed how Steny Hoyer has placed Obama on the horns of a civil-libertarian vs. "national security" dilemma by forcing a vote on the hideous warrantless wiretapping/telecom amnesty bill.
Obama's Takeover Of Democratic National Committee Continues 2009
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