Definition of "shanghai" [shang•hai]

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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