railroading

/R EY1 L R OW0 D IH0 NG/

verb

1
To transport via railroad.
2
To operate a railroad.
“The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly”
3
To work for a railroad.
4
To travel by railroad.
5
To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
6
To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
“The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.”
7
To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
“They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.”
8
To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
“He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.”
9
To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
10
(upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

noun

1
The operation of a railroad.
2
The class of people, equipment, terminology, and lore pertaining to railroads.
3
A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

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