shanghai
verb/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/
/ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/
(old-fashioned, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shanghai | /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/ /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪ/ |
| he / she / it shanghais | /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪz/ /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪz/ |
| past simple shanghaied | /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪd/ /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪd/ |
| past participle shanghaied | /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪd/ /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪd/ |
| -ing form shanghaiing | /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪɪŋ/ /ˌʃæŋˈhaɪɪŋ/ |
- shanghai somebody (into doing something) to trick or force somebody into doing something that they do not really want to do
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