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 seemingly perfectly healthy and always active youngster from Georgia suffered a massive seizure, with scans later revealing three brain tumors.

— Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Another drug recommended in the new guideline is gabapentin, an anticonvulsant typically used to treat seizures.

— Shannon Firth, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of seizure

Verb

There is no independent national database capturing every amusement park injury and death.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
These metrics should focus on tracking patterns of behavior and long-term resilience rather than capturing a snapshot of activity at a single moment.

— Anand Solanki, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of capturing

Verb

Looking at wins and losses is useful and necessary, but often deceiving as to which team is better.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
But 3-0 marks can be deceiving heading into a battle of unbeatens at home against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of deceiving

Noun

In 2011, Assad’s authorities were blamed for the kidnapping of senior Baath Party official Shibli al-Aysami from the Lebanese mountain town of Aley.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Devorise Carl Johnson, 21, now faces several charges, including first-degree murder and kidnapping with a weapon or firearm, according to an arrest form.

— CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of kidnapping

Verb

Frieze Week in London has stopped being just about Frieze London and Frieze Masters as smaller fairs are seizing the opportunity for more intimate fair models.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Not to say that Vara is working in bad faith, but there is an ugly history of bad actors seizing on these kinds of accusations against writers of color.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of seizing

Verb

Still, hackers can infiltrate companies by duping an employee into installing malware on their computer or exploiting unknown vulnerabilities in their software or network.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
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

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

After stepping into a bigger role with most of the Heat’s rotation regulars out and impressing in Saturday night’s preseason loss to the Timberwolves, Conwell again made some positive plays on Wednesday.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
The interior walls are patterned with motifs ranging from grapevines to geometric forms made by impressing food containers into the concrete.

— Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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