SHANGHAI


Meaning of SHANGHAI in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshaŋ-ˌhī, shaŋ-ˈhī ]

transitive verb

( shang·haied ; shang·hai·ing )

Etymology: Shanghai, China; from the former use of this method to secure sailors for voyages to eastern Asia

Date: 1871

1.

a. : to put aboard a ship by force often with the help of liquor or a drug

b. : to put by force or threat of force into or as if into a place of detention

2. : to put by trickery into an undesirable position

• shang·hai·er -ˈhī(-ə)r noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.