SHANGHAIING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

shanghaiing 1 of 2

noun

as in seizure

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shanghaiing

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verb

present participle of shanghai

as in capturing

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as in deceiving

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Noun

The problem is, Isolde is very busy with work, so Ry is often left to herself with four alarms a day to take medication to prevent seizures.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
The column argues that Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of more than 650,000 Proposition 50 ballots was an unprecedented intrusion into the election process that threatened the integrity of the vote and the chain of custody for ballots.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of seizure

Verb

Researchers trained the system on flat-ground walking data from Medauroidea extradentata, capturing movements across 18 leg joints.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Anedda’s way of capturing different moments from different linguistic or interpretive points of view allows the everyday elements of our lives to find space in poetry, democratically.

— Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Paul has long accused Fauci of deceiving Americans about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 July 2026
The ensuing investigation ultimately revealed that Angela had framed Hadley and uncovered evidence of her long history of deceiving people to gain sympathy.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026

Definition of deceiving

Verb

Apple’s decision to briefly remove Telegram from the App Store has been blamed on a blackmailer duping the company into executing a takedown, according to Telegram’s CEO.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
In February last year, a federal lawsuit charging Sun with duping investors was paused before being settled for a $10-million fine.

— Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of duping

Noun

In several other seemingly unrelated grievances – like the king’s use of the royal veto, impressment, and the collapse of the judiciary – minority groups shaped the declaration.

— Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
The Advertiser was edited by Samuel Adams for artisans and laborers fired up by their successful resistance to impressment—the Navy’s effort to grab men for forced service—and concerned about rising poverty in the postwar depression.

— Time, Time, 7 July 2025

Definition of impressment

Verb

After impressing in pre-season, is this the time for Nyoni to break through into midfield?

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The 23-year-old Wilkinson served as the opener for Adrian Houser, who continued impressing by pitching five-plus scoreless innings of bulk relief beginning in the third inning.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

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