Legal Definitions - railroad

Railroad means:

1. To transport something or someone by train.
2. To pass a law or measure quickly without proper consideration or debate.
3. To convict someone quickly and unfairly, often with false charges or insufficient evidence.

• She decided to railroad her belongings to her new home by train.
• The government tried to railroad the new tax bill through Congress without giving lawmakers enough time to read it.
• The police railroaded the suspect by planting evidence and forcing a false confession.

The first example shows the use of "railroad" to mean transporting something by train. The second example illustrates the use of "railroad" to mean passing a law quickly without proper consideration. The third example shows the use of "railroad" to mean convicting someone unfairly with false charges or insufficient evidence.