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shang·hai (shng-h, shngh)

tr.v. shang·haied, shang·hai·ing, shang·hais

1. To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.

2. To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force: We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities.

[After Shanghai1, from the former custom of kidnapping sailors to man ships going to China.]

From: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Shanghai

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