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Verb: shanghai  ,shang'hI
  1. Take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board of a ship
    "The men were shanghaied after being drugged";
    - impress
     
  2. Trick or obtain by a ploy; coerce
    "see if we can shanghai a couple of likely characters"
Noun: Shanghai  ,shang'hI
  1. The largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world

Derived forms: shanghaied, shanghais, shanghaiing

Type of: abduct, city, kidnap, metropolis, nobble [Brit, informal], port, snatch, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Cathay [archaic], China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China [informal]

Encyclopedia: Shanghai, VA