SHANGHAIING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

shanghaiing 1 of 2

noun

as in seizure

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shanghaiing

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verb

present participle of shanghai

as in capturing

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as in deceiving

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Noun

The problem is, Isolde is very busy with work, so Ry is often left to herself with four alarms a day to take medication to prevent seizures.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
The column argues that Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of more than 650,000 Proposition 50 ballots was an unprecedented intrusion into the election process that threatened the integrity of the vote and the chain of custody for ballots.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of seizure

Verb

Researchers trained the system on flat-ground walking data from Medauroidea extradentata, capturing movements across 18 leg joints.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Anedda’s way of capturing different moments from different linguistic or interpretive points of view allows the everyday elements of our lives to find space in poetry, democratically.

— Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of capturing

Verb

Your eyes aren't deceiving you — the little delivery robots rolling down Washington DC streets are becoming a more common sight.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Oura is facing accusations of deceiving customers about the accuracy of its sleep-tracking features on its popular smart rings.

— James Peckham, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of deceiving

Noun

Chilean authorities have charged Rafael Enrique Gámez Salas, the alleged leader of Los Piratas, the main branch of Tren de Aragua in Chile, with kidnapping, extortion and criminal association, among other offenses.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Former Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso, who is facing allegations of kidnapping and molesting a child, will be freed from jail and can have contact with children, an Orlando judge ruled Friday.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of kidnapping

Verb

Their demands for records mirror a New Mexico lawsuit and whistleblower claims that agents were ordered to stand down instead of seizing hundreds of thousands of lethal pills.

— Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Since seizing power, Tiani’s government has shifted away from Western partners, deepened ties with Russia and broken with the regional ECOWAS bloc, joining Mali and Burkina Faso to form the breakaway AES bloc.

— Reuters, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of seizing

Verb

This week, a council member in Paradise accused the group of duping him into appearing in a commercial without disclosing who was behind the campaign.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Apple’s decision to briefly remove Telegram from the App Store has been blamed on a blackmailer duping the company into executing a takedown, according to Telegram’s CEO.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of duping

Noun

In several other seemingly unrelated grievances – like the king’s use of the royal veto, impressment, and the collapse of the judiciary – minority groups shaped the declaration.

— Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
The Advertiser was edited by Samuel Adams for artisans and laborers fired up by their successful resistance to impressment—the Navy’s effort to grab men for forced service—and concerned about rising poverty in the postwar depression.

— Time, Time, 7 July 2025

Definition of impressment

Verb

Running backs impressing The 49ers appear to have their best, and deepest, running back group since Christian McCaffrey’s arrival.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The Bosnia and Herzegovina international joined on his 24th birthday, before making his Premier League debut just five days later, impressing at right-back during Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Liverpool on Tyneside.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of impressing

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