railroad

1. (transitive)To transport via railroad.

   transport by railroad

2. (intransitive)To operate a railroad.

   The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.

   supply with railroad lines

3. (intransitive)To work for a railroad.

   She used to railroad for the Southern Pacific.

4. (intransitive)To travel by railroad.

5. (intransitive)To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

6. (transitive)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.

   peitschen (durch)

7. (transitive)To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.

   They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.

8. (transitive)To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.

   He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.

9. To force players to follow the dungeon master's planned plot rather than improvise an alternative story.

10. To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

1. We cross the railroad tracks every morning.

   Ми перетинаємо залізничну колію щоранку.

   ruМы пересекаем железнодорожные пути каждое утро.

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2. Please don't play near the railroad tracks.

   Будь ласка, не грайтесь біля залізничних колій.

   ruПожалуйста, не играйте возле железнодорожных путей.

   deBitte spielt nicht in der Nähe der Eisenbahnschienen!

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3. There were no railroads in Japan at that time.

   У той час в Японії не було залізниці.

   ruВ то время в Японии не было железной дороги.

   deDamals gab es in Japan noch keine Eisenbahn.

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4. The railroad is parallel to the road.

   ruЖелезная дорога идёт параллельно шоссе.

   deDie Schienen verlaufen parallel zur Straße.

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5. He was killed in a railroad accident.

   ruОн погиб при крушении поезда.

   deEr kam bei einem Zugunfall ums Leben.

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