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shanghai

DEFINITIONS OF: shanghai

1

v take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

“The men were shanghaied after being drugged”
Synonyms:
impress
Type of:
abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
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