English-Finnish translations for railroad

  • rautatieBrittivalloittaja Cecil Rhodesin haave rautatiestä Kapkaupungista Kairoon jäi toteutumatta. (hs.fi
  • rautatiesilta

Definition of railroad

  • A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on
  • The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train
  • A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration
  • To transport via railroad
  • To work for a railroad
  • To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads
  • To convict of a crime by circumventing due process
  • To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement
  • To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue

Examples

  • Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads
  • Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other
  • The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
  • 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.

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