shanghai

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  1. transitive verb To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.
  2. transitive verb To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force: We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities.

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  • So he might be a little too busy for more than light duty over at sister station Fox. here on Zap2It, has a comprehensive summary of the new Season 6 cast members named so far, who their characters are, and what little we know about the situation and time frame relative to the shanghai-ing of Jack at the end of Season 5. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • To shanghai: transitive verb. [shanghaied, shanghaiing] 1. —  Hao Hao Report - Published news
  • So we start with payments now and when the shanghai, calcutta and amsterdam areas are a meter under the sea, we then pay for their relocation. —  RealClimate
  • Two doors, normal doors on the old streets of shanghai, I just took it during the night with Fuji film 100ISO, so the resultes was quite blurred. —  Shanghai Daily Photo
  • Categories kungfuology. com (8) other shanghai music scene —  Chinalyst - China blogs in English
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  1. After Shanghai 1, from the former custom of kidnapping sailors to man ships going to China.

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  1. So palled from Shanghai, Shanghae, a city of China.
  2. Lit. to ship to Shanghai, Shanghae, a port of China, representing any distant port to which persons so treated are shipped.
 

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