shanghai
Coerce into service
To shanghai someone is to coerce or trick them into doing something, originally to kidnap them for service as a sailor.
The term comes from the practice of drugging or forcing men aboard ships bound for Shanghai and other distant ports: They shanghaied him into joining the committee.
The word suggests being pressed into service against one's will. (Capitalized Shanghai is the Chinese city.)
impressment
Forced military recruitment
seize · capture · forcibly · drugging · dockside · tavern · unwilling · sailor · conscript · ensnare
force
Strength or compulsion
- pressureForce upon contact
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- trickDeliberate deception
dragoon · compel · railroad · strong-arm · browbeat · bully · hoodwink · bamboozle · dupe · deceive
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