shanghai
shang‧hai /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle shanghaied, present participle shanghaiing, third person singular shanghais) [transitive]
آدم دزدی، ربودن ملوان (بقصد اخاذی وغیره)
Shanghai a city in East China, in Jiangsu
PROVINCE, but independent of it. Shanghai is China's largest city and its most important port and an industrial centre.
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
shang‧hai /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/
verb (
past tense and past participle shanghaied,
present participle shanghaiing,
third person singular shanghais)
[transitive] old-fashioned[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: Shanghai; from the use of force or deception to get sailors for ships going to China]
to trick or force someone into doing something unwillingly
shanghai somebody into doing something
I got shanghaied into organizing the kids’ party. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲