Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shanghai

1 sense of shanghai

Sense 1
Shanghai -- (the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")
       INSTANCE OF=> port -- (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shanghai

1 sense of shanghai

Sense 1
shanghai, impress -- (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged")
       => kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch -- (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped")