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shanghaishang‧hai /ʃæŋˈhaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle shanghaied, present participle shanghaiing) [transitive] old-fashioned shanghaiOrigin: 1800-1900 Shanghai; from the use of force or deception to get sailors for ships going to China VERB TABLEshanghai |
Present | I, you, we, they | shanghai | | he, she, it | shanghais | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | shanghaied | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have shanghaied | | he, she, it | has shanghaied | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had shanghaied | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will shanghai | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have shanghaied |
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Present | I | am shanghaiing | | he, she, it | is shanghaiing | | you, we, they | are shanghaiing | Past | I, he, she, it | was shanghaiing | | you, we, they | were shanghaiing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been shanghaiing | | he, she, it | has been shanghaiing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been shanghaiing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be shanghaiing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been shanghaiing |
- The boys feared being shanghaied into the army.
to trick or force someone into doing something unwillinglyshanghai somebody into doing something I got shanghaied into organizing the kids’ party. |