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shanghai

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 detention2: to put by trickery into an undesirable position

— shang·hai·er

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\-ˈhī(-ə)r\ noun

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