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Simple English definitions for legal terms
railroad
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A quick definition of railroad:
Railroad: To transport goods or people by train. It can also mean to rush a decision through without enough time for discussion or to wrongly convict someone without enough evidence.
A more thorough explanation:
Railroad means:
- To transport something or someone by train.
- To pass a law or measure quickly without proper consideration or debate.
- 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.