railroad
/ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/ verbe C2En français : transporter par chemin de fer
- To transport via railroad.
- To operate a railroad. · The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.
- To work for a railroad. · She used to railroad for the Southern Pacific.
- To travel by railroad.
- To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
- 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.
- To convict of a crime by circumventing due process. · They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
- To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement. · He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
He/she/it railroads · Prétérit railroaded · Participe passé railroaded · Forme en -ing railroading
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- railroad
- He/she/it
- railroads
- Prétérit
- railroaded
- Participe passé
- railroaded
- Forme en -ing
- railroading
Dans la bibliothèque
“The branch railroad will be built to Carmody by that time.”
An hour later Holmes, Lestrade and I stood upon the Underground railroad at the point where it emerges from the tunnel immediately before Aldgate Station.
Danglars was engaged at that moment, presiding over a railroad committee.
Matters were made worse by the railroad companies themselves, each of which kept its own time; some large stations reportedly displayed several clocks, each showing a different hour.
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