Sentence:  I fought like a tigress but by the time I appealed my case to the Supreme Court ( 1937 ) , Mr. Roosevelt and his `` henchmen '' had done their `` dirty work '' all too well , even going so far as to attempt to `` pack '' the highest tribunal in the land in order to <WSD>defeat</WSD> little me . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  thwart the passage of