railroad
- Noun. A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
- Noun. The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
- Noun. A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets.
- Noun. (figuratively) A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.
- Verb. (transitive) To transport via railroad.
- Verb. (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
- Verb. (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
- Verb. (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
- Verb. (transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
- Verb. (transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
- Verb. (transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
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