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Shanghai

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Noun

1. shanghai

the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world

Verb

2. impress, shanghai

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

Example Sentences:
'The men were shanghaied after being drugged'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shanghai

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noun
a port in E China, capital of Shanghai municipality (traditionally in SE Jiangsu) near the estuary of the Yangtze: the largest city in China and one of the largest ports in the world; a major cultural and industrial centre, with many universities. Pop: 12 665 000 (2005 est)
verb -hais, -haiing or -haied (transitive)
1. 
to kidnap (a civilian or sailor) for enforced service at sea, esp on a merchant ship
2. 
to force or trick (someone) into doing something, going somewhere, etc
3. Australian and New Zealand
to shoot with a catapult
noun
4. Australian and New Zealand
a catapult

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Shanghai

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seaport in Jiangsu province, E China, near the mouth of the Chang: pop. 12,910,000
noun
1.  [S-]
any of a breed of large, dark-skinned chicken with white feathers and feathered shanks, imported from China in the 19th cent.
see also Cochin
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈshangˌhaied or ˈshangˌhaiing US
2. 
to kidnap, usually by drugging, for service aboard ship
3.  Slang
to induce (another) to do something through force or deceit

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shanghai

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A city of eastern China at the mouth of the Yangtze River southeast of Nanjing. The largest city in the country, it was a treaty port following the Opium War (1839-1842). France, Great Britain, and the United States all held large concessions in the city until the early 1900s.
n.
See Cochin2.
tr.v. shang·haied, shang·hai·ing, shang·hais
1. To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.
2. To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force:We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities.

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