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shanghai
verb- to abduct someone; to compel someone to do something US, 1934
From military usage, “to transfer forcibly”. - [T]he shanghai-ing of delegates in cars disguised as cabs[.] — Richard Neville, Play Power, p. 54, 1970
- to transfer a prisoner without warning AUSTRALIA, 1980
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 102, 1996
- With this in mind I had no doubt that Denning would be expecting to be “shanghaied” and have his cell sorted out and his gear packed ready to be lifted. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. xiii, 2001
- to detail someone to a task; to enlist someone to do something that they are not entirely willing to do US, 1915
From US nautical slang describing a method of recruiting sailors consisting of drugs and force. - Meanwhile, her new boyfriend’s out of town, so she’s shanghaied yet another guy into her bed–a fascistic cop. — C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 126, 1993
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