shanghai (v)
impress#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
examples The men were shanghaied after being drugged
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
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Hypernym kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
Domain of synset - TOPIC crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
Derivationally related form impress → impressment
Derivationally related form impress → impress
Derivationally related form shanghai → shanghaier
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Derivationally related form impressment → impress
Derivationally related form impress → impress
Member of this domain - TOPIC crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
Derivationally related form shanghaier → shanghai
Hyponym kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch

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