railroad

Definitions

1. A borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, so-named for the Northern Central Railway.
2. A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
   Philippines, US
3. A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on
4. A township in Starke County, Indiana, United States.
5. The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
   US
6. The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train
7. A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets
8. A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
   figuratively
9. A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration
10. To transport via railroad

Equivalents

Examples

“Many railroads roughly follow⟳ the trace of older land⟳ 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.”

“Gregory Scroggins, a PWA [person with AIDS] in Georgia who was found guilty of assault with intent to commit murder⟳ for biting a cop during arrest. It took only three days in October of 1989 to charge, try⟳, convict and sentence Scroggins, who is now serving a 10-year sentence and has been denied bail (and medical treatment) pending appeal. […] Judy Siff of ACT/UP/Atlanta told GCN that Scroggins' case was a "railroad" of unbelievable proportions.”

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