Shanghai: v. To enroll or obtain a sailor for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
Example? “By hook or by crook I will get that rascal Hamilton aboard the S.S. Greenlander,” grumbled the perfidious Captain, not a stranger to shanghaiing unsuspecting masons, should he encounter a specimen of uncommon physical prowess.
This article appears in Dec 20-26, 2006.
