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shanghaier

noun
a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship

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shang·hai (shng-h, shngh)
tr.v. shang·haied, shang·hai·ing, shang·hais
1. To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.

2. To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force: We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities.


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