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