railroad
noun
1. (mostly US and Canada) a single, privately or publicly owned company that owns and controls trains.
- Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other
Similar word(s): railway
Definition categories: man–made, line
2. a road consisting of metal rails to drive trains.
- he walked along the railroad track
Similar word(s): railway
Definition categories: man–made, track
Sentences with railroad as a noun:
- Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
verb
1. compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
Similar word(s): dragoon, sandbag
Definition categories: social, coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze
2. supply with railroad lines
- railroad the West
Definition categories: possession, furnish, provide, render, supply
3. transport by railroad
Definition categories: motion, send, ship, transport
Sentences with railroad as a verb:
- The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly
- The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
- They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
- He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.