Antonyms for railroaded

Grammar : Verb

Spell : reyl-rohd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪlˌroʊd

Definition of railroaded

Origin : 1757, from rail (n.1) + road. Originally "road laid with rails for heavy wagons (in mining)." The process itself (but not the word) seems to have been in use by late 17c. Application to passenger and freight trains dates from 1825, though tending to be replaced in this sense in England by railway.

As in incarcerate : verb put in jail, confinement
As in jail : verb incarcerate
As in press : verb pressure, trouble
As in push : verb thrust, press with force
As in push : verb incite, urge
As in accelerate : verb increase speed, timing
As in sentence : verb decide punishment
As in thrust : verb push hard
As in dispatch : verb hurry, send fast
As in drive : verb move or urge on
As in enact : verb authorize, legislate
As in expedite : verb make happen faster

Example sentences :

One had been blackmailed by an actress after an affair and railroaded her off the Earth.
Extract from : « The Adventurer » by Cyril M. Kornbluth

At last we were marched and railroaded back to Philadelphia.
Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

I staked everything I had on them, and then they railroaded me out of the county.
Extract from : « Cavanagh: Forest Ranger » by Hamlin Garland

If there is no other way, I must be railroaded in in an official capacity.
Extract from : « The Locusts' Years » by Mary Helen Fee

Was James Rowan the aggressor when he was railroaded out of town and beaten?
Extract from : « The Everett massacre » by Walker C. Smith

We understood that you'd been railroaded out of the country.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island » by Alice Emerson

I "railroaded" day and night, and I passed him; then turn about he passed me.
Extract from : « The Road » by Jack London

Railroaded through school and college, as he was, his tuition was necessarily defective in some important particulars.
Extract from : « The Brothers' War » by John Calvin Reed

Dad Sinclair took it all grimly and quietly; he had railroaded too long to care for anybody's chaff.
Extract from : « The Nerve of Foley » by Frank H. Spearman

That's what he done—let his partners get railroaded through while he sails out slick and easy.
Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine

Synonyms for railroaded

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