Appropriate
Appropriate verb - To take (something) without right and with an intent to keep.
Usage example: you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it!
Shanghai and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shanghai" instead a verb "Appropriate".
Shanghai
Shanghai verb - Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship.
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Synonyms for Shanghai
Appropriate and shanghai are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead a verb "Shanghai".
Nearby Words: shanghaied, shanghaiing
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Both words in one sentence
- In "Mutiny on the Bunny", Bugs Bunny is forced into service by sea captain Yosemite Sam (who in this cartoon goes by the appropriate moniker of Shanghai Sam).
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