shanghaiing

shanghaiing (shang-hI-ing). The act or an instance of coercing or inducing someone to do something by fraudulent or other wrongful means; specif., the practice of drugging, tricking, intoxicating, or otherwise illegally inducing a person to work aboard a vessel, usu. to secure advance money or a premium. — Also termed shanghaiing sailors. 18 USCA § 2194. [Cases: Seamen 34. C.J.S. Seamen §§ 209–215.]

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