underground railroad
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The pre-American Civil War anti-slavery resistance movement dedicated to helping escaped slaves to reach safe territory.
noun
A clandestine network used to exfiltrate dissidents out of their country.
Example Sentences
- "The trio quickly went underground, hiding in a friend’s house in their home city of Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far East, while seeking a way to escape the country and potentially lengthy prison sentences. That brought them to a group called In Transit, part of an extensive underground railroad that is rescuing hundreds of Russians who have been targeted for expressing opposition to the invasion of Ukraine or even sympathy for Ukrainian refugees."
- "The supporting players include Regina Hall as Deandra, one of the original French 75, and Benicio Del Toro as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos, a martial-arts instructor who helps run an underground railroad for migrants."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
the Underground Railroad (canonical)
Underground Railway (alternative)
underground railroads (plural)