shanghai

(shăng-hī', shăng'hī')
tr.v., -haied, -hai·ing, -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.]

shanghaier shang·hai'er n.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, esp. on board a ship
  Synonym: impress

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - shanghaje

n. - Shanghai

Nederlands (Dutch)
onder dwang overhalen, ronselen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Naut) embarquer qn de force, (fig) contraindre qn à

n. - Shanghai, Chang-hai

Deutsch (German)
v. - durch List als Matrosen pressen

n. - Schanghai

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (ιστ.) ναυτολογώ με τη βία, (καθομ.) αγγαρεύω
n. - (πληθ.) σφεντόνα

Italiano (Italian)
costringere, sequestrare in una nave

Português (Portuguese)
v. - drogar, embriagar
n. - Xangai (Geog.)

n. - Xangai

Русский (Russian)
вербовать путем спаивания, завлечь куда-л. силой или угрозой, обманом вовлечь в неприятности

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reclutar por fuerza, raptar a alguien, emborrachar o drogar para llevarlo como marinero

n. - Shanghai

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - shanghaja
n. - Shanghai

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
上海

强行使当水手, 强迫使工作

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 上海

v. tr. - 強行使當水手, 強迫使工作

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (배에 납치하여) 선원을 만들다, 유괴하다, (~하도록) 강요하다

상하이, 상해 (중국의 항구 도시), 상하이 (다리가 긴 닭의 일종)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 上海, シャンハイ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسكر شخصا أو يسقيه مخدرا ثم يأخذ ألى سفينه يجبر على ألخدمه فيها كبحار (الاسم) ألاخذ بألخدعه وألاكراه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סימם ואילץ (אדם) להפוך למלח, אילץ בתחבולה, הכניס למאסר או למצב מוזר בתחבולה, הערים‬
n. - ‮שנגחאי‬

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