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shanghai

noun

1 Shanghai

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

Dutch: Sjanghai
Polish: Szanghaj

verb

1 shanghai

Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship:
— The men were shanghaied after being drugged.

synonym: impress.

Roget 545: deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, ... show more

Dutch: sjanghaaien


Moby thesaurus: abduce, abduct, blackjack, bludgeon, bulldoze, bully, carry away, carry off, coerce, crimp, dragoon, hijack, hold for ransom, impress, intimidate, kidnap, run away with, skyjack, snatch, spirit away ... show more.

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