Definitions
take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
Word origin
1871, from the important Chinese port Shanghai, as a verb with reference to the former practice by some shippers on the West Coast of the United States of press-ganging crews for fishing or shipping in the Pacific Ocean.
Used in a sentence
“1974 September 30, ‘Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God', Oftentimes the approach is to shanghai an unsuspecting victim.”
“Their power had a flaw to it. They could be shanghaied in toilets.”
“Woody: 'While I was out, I got me some sushi! Assume the position, fish boy!' / Squid Lips: 'Arr, and who are you calling "fish boy", matey? I've been shanghaied by a darn splinter!'”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Force aboard”8 letters
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