Definition of Shanghai

Verb: shanghai  ,shang'hI

1. (crime) Take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board of a ship
   "The men were shanghaied after being drugged";
   - impress
    
2. Trick or obtain by a ploy; coerce
   "see if we can shanghai a couple of likely characters"

1. The largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world

See also:
Shangaan
shanghaied

Anagrams containing the word shanghai

siganhah ishangha aishangh haishang ghaishan nghaisha anghaish hanghais