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

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

See also: shanghaier

Type of: abduct, city, kidnap, metropolis, nobble [Brit], 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

Encyclopedia: Shanghai, China Shanghai Shanghai, West Virginia Shanghai, WV

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