Shanghaiing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who shanghais; a press-ganging or abduction.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shanghai form-of, gerund, participle, present

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abductionimpressmentkidnapping

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"Shanghaiing is a practice from the mid-19th Northwest United States that consisted of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques."

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