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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Railroading

Railroading \Rail"road`ing\, n. The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad. [Colloq. U. S.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
railroading

1842, "travel by rail," from railroad (n.). As "business of running railways" from 1882.

Wiktionary
railroading

n. (context rail transport US English) The class of people, equipment, terminology, and lore pertaining to railroads. vb. (present participle of railroad English)

WordNet
railroading

n. the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads [syn: rail technology]

Usage examples of "railroading".

The conductor agreed he talked like a lime juicer and seemed interested in American railroading.

Milagro District Forest Service Headquarters just for kicks, or just because of an intragovernmental feud either, but because they planned to phi the job on Joe Mondragon, thus railroading him into disgrace, jail, or worse, and ending once and for all the dangerous game people were playing up there.

Although McClellan and Lincoln had not been closeindeed, McClellan had traveled on the Stephen Douglas campaign train during his race for the Senate, helping to sober up the Little Giant between debates with Lincolnthey had learned the politics of railroading together, had spent nights talking after days of testimony in small towns, and spoke with the familiarity of men with shared roots.

With this standardized railroading of the poor going on daily in every city in America, our justice system has nothing to do with justice.

Of course, the state police's undercover wing was not dynamiting the Milagro District Forest Service Headquarters just for kicks, or just because of an intragovernmental feud either, but because they planned to phi the job on Joe Mondragon, thus railroading him into disgrace, jail, or worse, and ending once and for all the dangerous game people were playing up there.

I got some pals in railroading circles who may or may not be able to tell me where she went from here.

I wired an even sneakier railroading man called Jay Gould about sneaky plans to run yet another railroad line through these parts.