railroaded

Verb

railroad (third-person singular simple present railroads, present participle railroading, simple past and past participle railroaded)

1. (transitive) To transport via railroad.
2. (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
   • The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.
3. (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
   • She used to railroad for the Southern Pacific.
4. (intransitive) To travel by railroad.
5. (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
6. (transitive) 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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