In essence, the government "shanghaied" employees of a competitor as reprisal for a business deal gone afoul. From Wordnik.com. [Shanghaied by Chinese��] Reference
Dutchman, whom he "shanghaied" soon after, then "reigned peacefully in his stead.". From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of the Liberdade] Reference
He was in fact 'shanghaied' aboard a gallant, gallant ship, and sailed for a far countree. From Wordnik.com. [Can Such Things Be] Reference
'shanghaied' aboard a gallant, gallant ship, and sailed for a far countree. From Wordnik.com. [Can Such Things Be]
"I was shanghaied, kidnapped-and what about you -". From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Redskins]
"I was shanghaied, kidnapped-and what about you —". From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and The Redskins]
I was on my way home when you -- well, shanghaied me. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
How big was his boost friend and be shanghaied to him?. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
He'd rue the day he shanghaied me aboard his lousy slave ship. From Wordnik.com. [Flash For Freedom]
He thought about all he'd seen since being shanghaied from home. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Starfighter]
For my niece, Veronica Elizabeth Marshall A shanghaied dog story. From Wordnik.com. [Lost And Found]
He didn't want Jason to be shanghaied into a conventional marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Spin] Reference
There was also one Catteni who had been shanghaied onto the prison ship. From Wordnik.com. [Freedoms Challenge]
He's got pull everywhere -- and I don't mind being shanghaied for a year. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
They had unquestionably been shanghaied in much the same way she had been. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
I was shanghaied into one of their lime-juicers once, an 'I never forgot it!. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real] Reference
I was on my way to cocktails with Premier Castro when your buddy shanghaied me. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
'Well,' said Wingate, his face twisted with worry, 'I guess I've been shanghaied.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
He had been shanghaied in Naples soon after Germany's declaration of war on France. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy] Reference
A six-year-old, either shanghaied and terrified or off on a grand and bizarre adventure. From Wordnik.com. [Celeste Ng: Storytelling Lessons From the Boy in the Balloon] Reference
Even the statue of Lin Zexu has been shanghaied, so to speak, into the anticrime crusade. From Wordnik.com. [Chinatown Enshrines Communist Hero, With a Little Help From Mayor Rudy] Reference
Worse, he had been shanghaied into helping engineer the solar panel installation as well. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Beckwith: Greening the Barrio: Part 4] Reference
He had been shanghaied — pressed into service to the same enemy he was sworn to destroy. From Wordnik.com. [Sun of Suns] Reference
And anyway, we were coming over there in the first place before we got shanghaied by Bad News. From Wordnik.com. [Music To My Sorrow]
He gets an excellent assist from David Blue, who plays our shanghaied video-game genius guide. From Wordnik.com. [Critic's Corner Weekend] Reference
Many people who belonged to the aristocracy or the petit bourgeoisie were shanghaied once again. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO MARKS PALACE ATTACK ANNIVERSARY] Reference
Border Patrol shanghaied him out of New Orleans and deposited him near Guatemala City, Guatemala. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
I thought you were shanghaied to China, trying to proselytize the people of my ancestral homeland. From Wordnik.com. [Lauri Lebo blog and the End of the World - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
He clearly believes democracy has been shanghaied by the interests of an overmighty finance sector. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Teitelman: Stiglitz on Crime and Punishment] Reference
Her penalty for 'divorcing' Teron would be a speck against the finder's fee for four shanghaied BB ships. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
Even more, how had he known that he was not a shanghaied radar-laser tech, but a graduate of the spy school?. From Wordnik.com. [Starchild Omnibus]
Originally I had intended to write about the rising cost of oil, but I was waylaid and shanghaied from my destination. From Wordnik.com. [Wandering in the Woods] Reference
One memorable night, he'd been practically shanghaied into going with some of the other weapons techs and gunner's mates. From Wordnik.com. [Countdown]
Rhyme, who'd hired the tech at the NYPD years ago, occasionally still shanghaied him to work on cases here in the town house. From Wordnik.com. [More Twisted Stories Vol II]
Clark wondered cynically how many other persons, shanghaied as he had been, were being introduced at this moment to the "mine manager.". From Wordnik.com. [The Weapon Shops of Isher]
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