English-German translation for "shanghai"

"shanghai" German translation

shanghai
[ʃæŋˈhai; ˈʃæŋhai]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg

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verschanghaien herumkriegen
  • (jemanden) (ver)schanghaien (betrunken machenand | und u. als Matrosen pressen)
    shanghai nautical | Nautik/SchifffahrtSCHIFF
    shanghai nautical | Nautik/SchifffahrtSCHIFF
  • (jemanden) (durch Gewaltor | oder od Täuschung) herumkriegen
    shanghai figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    shanghai figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
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