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SHANGHAI

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Shanghai" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

Example:

The men were shanghaied after being drugged

Synonyms:

impress; shanghai

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "shanghai" is one way to...):

abduct; kidnap; nobble; snatch (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

shanghaier (a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship)

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