shanghaied

Example Sentences

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Now Ian has been Shanghaied, and off to Jamaica they go after him.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2017

And although it is still plausible that the Bank of England will raise interest rates next March, those on the Monetary Policy Committee who want a rise may yet be Shanghaied.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2015

Shanghaied aboard a whaling ship, young Jonathan Upchurch is forced to play Ishmael to a crazed Ahab of a captain.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Dae Jung Kim, a South Korean politician living in Japan, was Shanghaied from a crowded hotel in downtown Tokyo, his friends were convinced that they had seen the last of him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shanghaied in San Francisco, he had deserted the whaleship at Point Barrow with three companions.

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack