railroad
/ˈɹeɪlɹəʊd/
Misollar
- Elias found the old railroad track.
- Ziri came upon the railroad tracks.
- The locomotive pulls the railroad cars.
- Algeria is constructing new railroad lines.
- Algeria is constructing multiple railroad lines.
- Algeria is developing its railroad network.
fe’l verb
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To operate a railroad.
The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly
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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.
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To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
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To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
ot noun
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A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
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A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads 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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A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
- The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.