shanghai
verb (used with object)
to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
have shanghaied
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present perfectof shanghai.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Up on the deck the choleric captain still stamped and swore, and his crew, with well-concealed mirth, went about their various duties as if they were accustomed to have shanghaied men act this way.
From Bar-20 Days by Clarence Edward Mulford
If this was Boston or New York and in older days, I’d say that Dave and Withrow must have shanghaied a crew to man the Flamingo’s kind.
From The Seiners by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
