v. & n.
--v.tr. (shanghais, shanghaied, shanghaiing)
1. force (a person) to be a sailor on a ship by using drugs or other trickery.
2 colloq. put into detention or an awkward situation by trickery.
3 Austral. & NZ shoot with a catapult.
--n. (pl. shanghais) Austral. & NZ a catapult.
Etymology: Shanghai in China