shanghai

Example Sentences

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A schemer and her henchmen shanghai two book salesmen for a diamond safari in Africa.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2020

Glassy-eyed conductors shanghai hapless passengers from the curb into shuddering minibuses that zigzag through lines of cars, sometimes even jumping up on the sidewalk.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2014

Job scouts from cabarets, electronic plants and weaving mills virtually shanghai girl caddies off the golf courses.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wanders into the waterfront dive run by Milly, a "shark" who helps shanghai drunken sailors into freighter crews.

From Time Magazine Archive

Brian had taken such a powerful dislike to Ginger that I realized she must have done something more than shanghai his comic book.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls