verb. Past tense. Almost certainly named after the very large Chinese metropolis of Shanghai. Shanghaid is used to refer to an event in the past where one person cheats or defrauds another in a very clever fashion. see also jacked, janked, or swindled.
a chinese basketballassociation team, which is often referred to in jokes. when an nba player plays badly, people will say that they will be playing on the shanghai sharks next year, and attach a video of all-time great nba players and teams
Being kidnapped by someone, usually sailors and/or pirates and forced to do sailor work through means of violence and intimidation.
"I'd like to file a police report, my friends were abducted by some sailors, they're being forced to do ship repairs and other stuff or else the sailors will kill 'em!"
"Sir, your friends have been 'shanghaied', we'll notify the Coast Guard."