shanghaied

Example Sentences

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Once at the embassy she could be shanghaied back to Hong Kong or China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Nalini, newly arrived aboard the shanghaied ship, serves as the outsider-observer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2022

“He argues that he is not a free rider on a bus headed for a destination that he wishes to reach but is more like a person shanghaied for an unwanted voyage.”

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2018

The ways in which our attention gets shanghaied by these companies makes us less good as citizens.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2017

I consider trying to catch part of the show, but am afraid that if I cross the lot I’ll get shanghaied into some other task.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen