railroad

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized…

   A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

   • Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.
2. 2

   The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the…

   The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.

3. 3

   A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and…

   A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets

   • Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.
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   1. 4

      A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

      • The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
   2. 5

      To transport via railroad.

   3. 6

      To operate a railroad.

      • The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.
   4. 7

      To work for a railroad.

      • She used to railroad for the Southern Pacific.
   5. 8

      To travel by railroad.

   6. 9

      To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

   7. 10

      To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.

      • The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
      • Sebastian Riedel lodged a complaint with TPF board, which he says was railroaded by a board member—therefore, Riedel quit.
      • What appears suspect about the Beeching Report is how quickly it was railroaded through, with the answers manufactured before the questions were asked.
   8. 11

      To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.

      • They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
      • My witnesses were not questioned to my advantage. Physical evidence in my attorney's possession was not presented to the jury. A promised expert witness was not called nor even sought. I knew that I was being railroaded but I was helpless.
      • "I'm going to the^([sic]) Hague to see Mr Milosevic at his request," he told CBC radio before leaving Canada. "All of us feel he's being railroaded and used as a scapegoat for Nato's attack on Yugoslavia.
   9. 12

      To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.

      • He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
   10. 13

       To force players to follow the dungeon master's planned plot rather than improvise an…

       To force players to follow the dungeon master's planned plot rather than improvise an alternative story.

   11. 14

       To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

   12. 15

       A borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, so-named for the Northern Central…

       A borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, so-named for the Northern Central Railway.

   13. 16

       A township in Starke County, Indiana, United States.

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