Dictionary
railroad
-noun
- A transportation system consisting of metal rails and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
- The railroad track itself.
- A procedure conducted in haste to achieve an unfair result.
-verb
- (transitive) To transport via railroad.
- (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
- (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
- (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
- (transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
- (transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
- (transitive) To gain formal approval by manipulation of procedure and haste, as of a law or a formal resolution.
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