shanghai

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/

Verb

transitive US slang

To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work. / (US law enforcement slang) To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.

Japanese Meaning

（歴史的に）船乗りなどを強制的に徴用し、船舶の乗組員や漁業関係者として働かせること / （米国の法執行官の俗語）逮捕可能な管轄区域に被疑者を誘い込み、そこで合法的に逮捕するために騙すこと

What is this buttons?

The shady captain tried to shanghai inexperienced men at the waterfront to fill his crew.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その怪しい船長は、乗組員を補うために波止場で経験の浅い男たちを強制的に水夫に徴用しようとした。

Details

Sense（1）

To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.

By this time I hadn't much doubt of the nature of the trap and the identity of the trapping vessel. The faint smell of alcohol in the forehold told the story. I had been sandbagged and taken aboard a bootlegging craft, shanghaied in good old-fashioned style; and the vessel was probably now on its way to the Bahamas for a cargo of spirits.

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