Definition of Shanghaiing

1. Verb. (present participle of shanghai) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shanghaiing

1. shanghai [v] - See also: shanghai

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shanghaiing

shand
shandies
shandite
shandries
shandry
shandrydan
shandrydans
shands
shandy
shandygaff
shandygaffs
shanghai
shanghaied
shanghaier
shanghaiers
shanghaiing (current term)
shanghais
shank
shank's mare
shank's pony
shank-nag
shank-weary
shank bone
shanked
shanker
shankers
shanking
shankpiece
shankpieces
shanks

Literary usage of Shanghaiing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Federal Criminal Law Procedure by William Hawley Atwell (1916)
"shanghaiing and falsly inducing person intoxicated to go on vessel prohibited. 83. Corporations, etc., not to contribute money for political elections, etc. ..."

2. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"... "shanghaiing" was continued and still lingers. Some day we shall better understand the urge of IX' HISTORY or TUB COLONY Or MASSACHUSETS-BAY. ..."

3. Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913: Embracing the Statutes of the by United States, John Allan Mallory (1914)
"shanghaiing, 10250. Shipment in foreign ports without sanction of consular ... shanghaiing seamen, 10250. Silver, false stamping, 8803, 8809. ..."

4. Reports of the Department of Commerce and Labor 1904-1912: Report of the by Dept. of Commerce and Labor, United States (1905)
"Where complaints of crimping or "shanghaiing" have been made to American consuls, ... The application by the court of this statute to "shanghaiing" cases ..."

5. Journal of the ... Annual Convention, Diocese of New York by Convention, Episcopal Church, Diocese of New York (1907)
"Our endeavor to prevent and punish " shanghaiing " has been successful, and the anti-shanghai bill became a law in June of this year. ..."

6. Digest of Circular Instructions to Consular Officers, January 1, 1897 to May by United States Dept. of State, Augustus E. Ingram (1908)
"Act of June 28, 1906, to prohibit shanghaiing in the United States (containing also amendments to ... shanghaiing seamen. See above under Illegal shipment. ..."

7. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"HB Fuller. World's Work. 22: 14516-23. Je. 41. Criminology. See Crime and criminals. Crimping. See shanghaiing. r<Jaree*of crippled children. DC McMurtrie. ..."

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