Thesaurus / railroaded
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synonyms for railroaded
- confine
- detain
- hold
- imprison
- lock up
- sentence
- take away
- bastille
- book
- cage
- can
- constrain
- immure
- impound
- prison
- railroad
- put away
- put behind bars
- put on ice
- send up
- throw away the keys
- throw in dungeon
- throw the book at
- assail
- demand
- force
- petition
- push
- squeeze
- sue
- urge
- worry
- afflict
- beg
- beset
- besiege
- buttonhole
- compel
- constrain
- depress
- disquiet
- enjoin
- entreat
- exhort
- harass
- implore
- importune
- oppress
- plague
- plead
- pressurize
- railroad
- sadden
- sell
- supplicate
- torment
- vex
- come at
- insist on
- lean on
- weigh down
- work on
- accelerate
- bump
- depress
- drive
- force
- launch
- move
- nudge
- pressure
- propel
- shift
- shove
- budge
- bulldoze
- butt
- crowd
- dig
- elbow
- exert
- gore
- hustle
- impel
- jam
- jostle
- muscle
- poke
- railroad
- ram
- shoulder
- squash
- squeeze
- squish
- steamroll
- stir
- strain
- strong-arm
- bear down
- crush against
- high-pressure
- lie on
- make one's way
- pour it on
- put the arm on
- rest on
- encourage
- press
- pressure
- speed
- spur
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- coerce
- constrain
- dragoon
- expedite
- goad
- goose
- hurry
- impel
- influence
- inspire
- jolly
- kid
- motivate
- oblige
- persuade
- prod
- railroad
- squeeze
- steamroll
- strong-arm
- bear down
- egg on
- exert influence
- fire up
- go to town on
- key up
- lean on
- overpress
- pour it on
- push around
- put the screws to
- put up to
- sell on
- speed up
- turn on
- advance
- expedite
- further
- hasten
- open up
- quicken
- spur
- step up
- stimulate
- drive
- dust
- forward
- gun
- hurry
- impel
- precipitate
- railroad
- rev
- roll
- tool
- fire up
- hammer on
- lay a patch
- lay rubber
- make tracks
- nail it
- peel rubber
- put on afterburners
- put pedal to metal
- rev up
- speed up
- step on the gas
- blame
- condemn
- confine
- convict
- imprison
- incarcerate
- jail
- penalize
- punish
- adjudge
- adjudicate
- damn
- denounce
- devote
- doom
- impound
- judge
- ordain
- proscribe
- railroad
- rule
- settle
- mete out
- pass judgment
- put away
- put on ice
- send to prison
- send up the river
- take the fall
- throw the book at
- dig
- elbow
- heave
- interject
- jab
- lob
- lunge
- nudge
- plunge
- poke
- propel
- punch
- shove
- sink
- sling
- smack
- stab
- stick
- advance
- assail
- assault
- attack
- boost
- buck
- butt
- chuck
- chunk
- clip
- clout
- crowd
- cut
- drive
- embed
- fire
- force
- hump
- impale
- impel
- jam
- jostle
- nick
- peg
- pierce
- pitch
- press
- prod
- put
- railroad
- ram
- run
- toss
- transfix
- urge
- wham
- bear down
- pour it on
- push forward
- dismiss
- ship
- accelerate
- address
- consign
- express
- forward
- hasten
- issue
- quicken
- railroad
- remit
- route
- speed
- transmit
- hand-carry
- run with
- run with ball
- walk through
- chase
- encourage
- force
- herd
- inspire
- make
- motivate
- prompt
- propel
- push
- rush
- send
- spur
- stimulate
- actuate
- animate
- arouse
- bulldoze
- coerce
- compel
- constrain
- dog
- goad
- goose
- harass
- hasten
- hound
- hurl
- hurry
- hustle
- impel
- induce
- instigate
- kick
- nag
- oblige
- overburden
- overwork
- pound
- press
- pressure
- prod
- provoke
- railroad
- rouse
- shepherd
- shove
- steamroll
- worry
- act upon
- egg on
- lean on
- put up to
- ride herd on
- spirit up
- work on
- accomplish
- appoint
- decree
- determine
- establish
- execute
- formulate
- institute
- pass
- ratify
- command
- constitute
- dictate
- effect
- effectuate
- fix
- make
- ordain
- order
- proclaim
- railroad
- sanction
- set
- steamroll
- transact
- bring about
- carry through
- get the floor
- jam through
- make into law
- make laws
- put in force
- put through
- railroad through
- vote favorably
- vote in
- accelerate
- assist
- facilitate
- hasten
- promote
- quicken
- speed
- urge
- advance
- dispatch
- forward
- hurry
- precipitate
- press
- railroad
- rush
- cut the red tape
- fast track
- grease wheels
- hand-carry
- handle personally
- hand-walk
- run interference
- run with the ball
- shoot through
- speed up
- walk it through
- discourage
- dissuade
- hinder
- hold
- keep
- remain
- retard
- stop
- calm
- delay
- laze
- leave alone
- rest
- slow
- wait
- conceal
- hide
- pull
- repress
- suppress
- block
- cease
- check
- delay
- discourage
- halt
- hinder
- slow
- stop
- dissuade
- repress
- wait
- decelerate
- defer
- impede
- postpone
- retard
- slow down
- depress
- discourage
- dissuade
- halt
- prevent
- stop
- calm
- dally
- delay
- hinder
- impede
- leave alone
- let go
- please
- procrastinate
- pull
- rest
- slow
- wait
- check
- curb
- repress
- retard
- abandon
- deny
- fail
- miss
- refuse
- veto
- destroy
- disallow
- discourage
- disorganize
- dissuade
- forget
- halt
- ignore
- neglect
- prevent
- hinder
- repeal
- stop
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use railroaded in a sentence
If there is no other way, I must be railroaded in in an official capacity.
THE LOCUSTS' YEARSMARY HELEN FEEHe refused to pay police blackmail, was indicted, railroaded to prison and died soon after in convict stripes.
THE THIRD DEGREECHARLES KLEIN AND ARTHUR HORNBLOWHe kept the squarest pool room in Manhattan, but he refused to pay police blackmail, and he was railroaded to prison.
THE THIRD DEGREECHARLES KLEIN AND ARTHUR HORNBLOWInto a bubbling cauldron they were gently railroaded, where brushes from above and from below washed them and pushed them on.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT BY THE LINCOLN HIGHWAYEFFIE PRICE GLADDINGIn fear of acrimonious discussion this was railroaded through in two minutes.
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, VOL. 43, NO. 7, JULY, 1889VARIOUSAt last he found work and was doing well when he was arrested and "railroaded" to prison for an offense he did not commit.
AFTER PRISON - WHAT?MAUD BALLINGTON BOOTHTheres a story he started in an East Side gang and was railroaded up to the reformatory for a year.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONThat telegram, showing how Clipperton was being railroaded through the court, had taken their appetite.
MOTOR MATT'S RACESTANLEY R. MATTHEWSRailroaded through school and college, as he was, his tuition was necessarily defective in some important particulars.
THE BROTHERS' WARJOHN CALVIN REEDDad Sinclair took it all grimly and quietly; he had railroaded too long to care for anybody's chaff.
THE NERVE OF FOLEYFRANK H. SPEARMAN