railroad

suomi-englanti sanakirja

railroad englannista suomeksi

A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

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The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets
A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
(quote-journal) Judy Siff of ACT/UP/Atlanta told ''GCN'' that Scroggins' case was a "railroad" of unbelievable proportions.
To transport via railroad.
To operate a railroad.
To work for a railroad.
To travel by railroad.
To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
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To convict of a crime by circumventing process.
(quote-web) Hague to see Mr Milosevic at his request," he told CBC radio before leaving Canada. "All of us feel he's being railroaded and used as a scapegoat for Nato's attack on Yugoslavia.
To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.
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