| NOUN | location | Shanghai | the largest city of China |
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| VERB | contact | shanghai, impress | take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship |
| Sounds | shae'nghhay' | |
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| Rhymes | high ... hi / HI: 3 rhymes with hhay... | |
| Meaning | The largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world. | |
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| Instance of | city, metropolis, urban center | A large and densely populated urban area |
| port | A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country | |
| Part of | China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay | A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia |
| Spanish | Shangai, Shanghai, Shanghái | |
| Catalan | Shanghai, Xangai, Xanghai | |
| Meaning | Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" | |
| Synonym | impress | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Broader | kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom |
| Nouns | shanghaier | a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship |
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