shanghai

shanghai

1. šanghaijata

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shanghai

Shanghai, värvätä väkisin.

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Englannin sanakirja

shanghai (englanti > suomi)

1. shanghaijata

shanghai englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To force or trick (someone) into joining a ship which is lacking a full crew.

2. 1999 June 24, ‘The Resurrection of Tom Waits’, in Rolling Stone, quoted in Innocent When You Dream, Orion (2006), page 256,

It was the strangest galley: the sounds, the steam, he's screaming at his coworkers. I felt like I'd been shanghaied.

3. puhekieltä To abduct or coerce.

4. 1974 September 30, ‘http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Final_Report_on_the_Activities_of_the_Children_of_God4._Attitude_Toward_Education Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God',

Oftentimes the approach is to shanghai an unsuspecting victim.

5. puhekieltä To commandeer; appropriate; hijack

Lets see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.''

6. puhekieltä A slingshot.

7. 1985, (w), Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 206:

They scrounged around the camp … and held out their filthy wings to the feeble sun, making themselves an easy target for Charles's shanghai.

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