railroadedadj.
/ˈreɪlrəʊdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈreɪlˌroʊdəd/ That has been railroaded (in various senses).In quot. 1845 figurative.
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1845 E. Cook Poems 2nd Ser. 115 Time, with deep rail-roaded brow, Changes all things but horses now.
1853 Times 30 Aug. 6/5 People are tired of Europe, now that it is railroaded, handbooked, and ‘opened up’.
1923 G. Frankau Men, Maids & Mustard-pot 106 His ‘monitors’—the railroaded water-drills.
1949 Virginia Law Rev. 35 1113 It was a railroaded trial of a commanding general for atrocities.
1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere viii. 85 Hypocrisy within the idealism: Lesnick's male patients, hearts bleeding over the poor railroaded Mexicans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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