Main Entry: shang·hai

Pronunciation: \ˈshaŋ-ˌhī, shaŋ-ˈhī\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): shang·haied; shang·hai·ing

Etymology: Shanghai, China; from the former use of this method to secure sailors for voyages to eastern Asia

Date: 1871

1 a : to put aboard a ship by force often with the help of liquor or a drug b : to put by force or threat of force into or as if into a place of detention
2 : to put by trickery into an undesirable position

— shang·hai·er \-ˈhī(-ə)r\ noun