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noun the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
verb take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
origin1871, from the important Chinese port Shanghai, as a verb with reference to the former practice by some shippers on the West Coast of the United States of press-ganging crews for fishing or shipping in the Pacific Ocean.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0