Railroad

Posted by Dburd48778 on August 10, 2003

What's the source of "railroaded?" As in "She didn't deserve to be fired, she got/was railroaded." The only explaination I can think of is that it refers to when the railroads were being built and people who owned the land needed were sometimes treated badly.

• Railroad ESC 10/August/03
  • Railroad Lewis 11/August/03