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Definition of shanghai verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

shanghai

verb

NAmE//ˈʃæŋhaɪ//

shanghai somebody (into doing something) (old-fashioned) (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shanghai

he / she / it shanghais

past simple shanghaied

-ing form shanghaiing

to trick or force someone into doing something that they do not really want to do

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