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Definition of shanghai verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. shanghai somebody (into doing something) to trick or force somebody into doing something that they do not really want to do
See shanghai in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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