shanghai

Noun
  1. The largest city of China;
    Located in the east on the Pacific;
    One of the largest ports in the world (synset 108746101)
    is an instance of:
    • city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
    • port - a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
    is a part of: cathay, china, communist china, mainland china, people's republic of china, prc, red china - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
Verb
  1. Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship (synset 201474177)
    "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
    referred to in: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
    is a type of: abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
    same as: impress

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