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Definition of Railroaded
1. railroad [v] - See also: railroad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railroaded
Literary usage of Railroaded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ups and Downs of a "crook's" Life by Samuel A. Bailey (1889)
"CAPTURED AT LAST, AND railroaded TO SING SING. AFTER the trouble we had with the
check that I had tried to buy the bonds with, and the exposure of the trick ..."
2. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1908 by United States President, James Daniel Richardson (1897)
"... more or less troubled with his wound, though one witness testifies that he
railroaded with him for fifteen years after his injury. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1891)
"The idea of the bill being "railroaded" was angrily repelled by Mr. Platt.
Very deep regret was expressed by Mr. Hale that the Vice-President had seen fit ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"She declared that she was railroaded there on the charge of using drugs. In 1911
her husband divorced her on grounds of adultery. ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1867)
"Are we over-railroaded, as some assert, so that railways ought to be discouraged
7 Or are we under-railroaded, so that fresh railways ought to be invited ? ..."
6. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1866)
"The practical questions -will follow whether the construction of railways in the
United Kingdom has reached its proper limit ? Are we over-railroaded, ..."
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