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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshanghaishang‧hai /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/ verb (shanghaied, shanghaiing, shanghais) [transitive] old-fashioned FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto trick or force someone into doing something unwillinglyshanghai somebody into doing something I got shanghaied into organizing the kids’ party.→ See Verb table
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shanghai• The boys feared being shanghaied into the army.
ShanghaiShanghai a city in East China, in Jiangsu province, but independent of it. Shanghai is China's largest city and its most important port and an industrial centre.Origin shanghai (1800-1900) Shanghai; from the use of force or deception to get sailors for ships going to China
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