shanghaiverb [ T ]
uk/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/us/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/informalto force someone to do something or go somewhere:
The two groups were shanghaied into signing the agreement, despite their objections.
The homeless are being shanghaied off the streets in some cities.
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Causing somebody to act
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bounce sb into sth
- bulldoze
- force sb's hand idiom
- forcible
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- push
- railroad
- reduce sb to sth
- screw
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
- wring sth from/out of sb
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shanghainoun [ C ]
uk/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/us/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/Australian English UK catapult, US slingshota Y-shaped stick or piece of metal with a piece of elastic (= material that stretches) attached to the top parts, used especially by children for shooting small stones
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blackjack
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- catapult
- dirk
- flick knife
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- rapier
- sabre
- scabbard
- scimitar
- sheath
- sheath knife
- shield
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